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Definition of Latvian in English: Latvianadjective ˈlatvɪənˈlætviən Relating to Latvia or its language. Example sentencesExamples - A long table held an international array of booze, from Australian wine to Latvian vodka to a particularly unpleasant ouzo.
- In free Latvia, state money has been used to restore cemeteries where Latvian SS soldiers are buried, and museums recording the occupation from 1940 to 1990 have been established.
- Another interesting part of the rehearsal, and what proves to be interesting about the course as a whole, is related to the presence of a visiting Latvian conductor and his wife.
- His father was Lithuanian, his mother Latvian.
- The Latvian spokesperson said they were standing behind their commissioner designate.
- He was walking home with two Latvian friends when they were overheard talking in Russian by a group of up to 20 teenagers in Lower Broughton Road.
- An exception is a bizarre incident in May when a Latvian TV crew was detained in the region and kicked out of the country with no explanation.
- By the 1980s, Latvian language and culture were on the verge of extinction, and some drastic measures were needed to galvanise them after independence.
- A few Latvian expletives were projected out the window, then those blue suede shoes hit that accelerator, and we all had had our first taste of Baltic road rage.
- And then I will get drunk, and because Mara and her family are Latvian, I will dance some sort of folk dance and look like an idiot.
- If she's Greek, then my dad, also a first-generation American, is Latvian.
- His highly resonant and original stories assume the shape of Russian classics, but are drawn from his life growing up as a very young Latvian immigrant in Toronto.
- A 33-year-old non-national will be brought before Dublin District Court this morning in relation to the fatal stabbing of the Latvian man.
- This short film by the Latvian film maker is a life study of the people on the streets of Riga listening to a fragment of Mozart's music.
- He explained that the Gardai had been searching for some time for the body of a Latvian national who had gone missing while rock fishing.
- Our correspondent reports from the Latvian capital, Riga.
- On Thursday, they picked up their first European win in five years, taking a slender 1-0 win over Latvian side Ventspils in the first stage of the UEFA Cup.
- The company has already received inquiries from businesses as far away as Scotland interested in recruiting Latvian workers through the company's Riga office.
- Some brilliant Latvian geeks made a sequence of images that, when viewed in stop-action animation, shows a robot-like man walking.
- Johnson set up a system of youth development throughout the country, and just as important, he set up a generation of Latvian players with transfers to clubs in the west.
noun ˈlatvɪənˈlætviən 1A native or inhabitant of Latvia. Example sentencesExamples - The imperial accusation comes from the substantial populations of Tibetans, Latvians and so forth who do not identify with Russia, and yet get ruled by them anyway.
- He was the first Latvian to play for a National Basketball Association team.
- The Saami and the Estonians are the closest populations, while the Finns are separate and the Latvians and Lithuanians are close together but somewhat separated from the rest.
- There were no Indo-European people closer to the Indo-Iranics than the northern European Baltic people i.e. the Lithuanians, the Latvians and the Prussians.
- Taking on the Latvian in the main lines requires a bit of knowledge and familiarity with the critical lines is essential.
- Before that pioneering effort the Latvian was confined to the special group of openings that attract die-hard support at the amateur level, but finds no following among top players.
- The regime aimed to transform the country into a typical Soviet one, and many native Latvians were deported and Russians brought in to help achieve this.
- Outnumbered by Czech fans, the Latvians gave a good account of themselves, as did their team, leading for half an hour.
- At this time native Estonians and Latvians were beginning to settle in the towns, and from this new class there emerged nationalist and revolutionary groups.
- Why did some Ukrainians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and others acquiesce and sometimes help the fascists exterminate their Jewish neighbors?
- They deported at least 300,000 Lithuanians, 250,000 Latvians, 350,000 Jews, and three-quarters of a million Poles to the interior.
- It is also because we listened to the Latvians and Lithuanians, Czechs and Cubans that washed up upon the landlocked plains.
- Four days later, a Croatian victory over the Latvians may well relegate the Scots to third place.
- The Latvians have a better approach to their architectural heritage than we do.
- He is urging the Indian Government to release him after five Latvians imprisoned with him were freed following their President's intervention.
- Most Latvians dress in standard European clothes for everyday wear.
- The story of the rather over-refreshed and over-excited Englishman who espied the rather promising looking Latvian lurking in a semi-lit and semi-private place.
- The attack was complemented in the west by attacks from nationalities hitherto under Russian control, i.e. Finns, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Poles.
- I am sure the Dutch and the Latvians are disappointed about this but it's why there are squads of 23 players.
- After reading your article about the Latvian Gambit, I felt well prepared for a game in our local club tournament against an opponent who has played the Latvian for more than 20 years.
- In 1993, according to Latvian government statistics, 53.5 percent of inhabitants were ethnic Latvians, while 33.5 percent were Russians.
- Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, and Estonians suffered as others had before them.
- It's obvious that you've looked at this opening far more than I have, but I simply can't agree with your assessment that the Latvian is playable.
- After a confused period of war between Latvians, Germans, and Bolshevik Russians, international recognition was gained in 1921 and the Constitution of the Republic agreed in 1922.
- Only 33 per cent of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians think membership ‘is a good thing’.
- Deportation now awaits the six Latvians, two Lithuanians, four Russians, four Moldovans and two Ukrainians who were detained at Kendal and Penrith police stations after the raids.
2mass noun The official language of Latvia, which belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family and has about 1.5 million speakers. Example sentencesExamples - More people know Irish than Maltese, Latvian or Estonian, the protestors claimed.
- Imagine if I'd had to learn to read and write in English… you might not read my blog if I spoke, say, Latvian or Estonian… would you!
- The fact that it's in Latvian (although they have released versions in several languages, including Belarussian, but not English), will mean this fails to qualify for Saturday.
- Millions of people will continue to speak Italian, Greek, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Vietnamese, Lebanese and the world's many other languages when they die out in Australia.
- How many people, for example, can translate from Latvian into Maltese?
- The original Evening Press article which told of Charles finding his family has since been translated into Latvian, and printed in a local newspaper sold in Riga.
- It should be interesting, as I haven't got much Latvian these days and they have no English,’ he said.
- For some reason they filled out six different reports, all handwritten in Latvian.
- The show includes 120 displays of photographs, documents, relics and texts in four languages - English, Latvian, French and Welsh.
- There are links to 1,203 sites in languages other than English, including one in Arabic and one in Latvian.
- She is 85 now and not well, but Brigita was telling her who I was in Latvian, while she was holding my hand.
- I was simultaneously translated via headphones into Latvian and Russian.
- The new Latvian government reinstated Latvian as the official language.
- Amidst the Babel-like diversity, Brother Wolfgang spoke alternately in German and in English, while others translated into Latvian, French, Italian and Dutch.
- Latvian words are stressed on the first syllable, and written Latvian is largely phonetic.
- Modern Latvian shows the influences of former conquerors.
- Nevertheless, Latvian and Maltese will have the right to be treated on the same footing as French, German or English.
- She was immediately bundled away by a security guard, complaining in Latvian that Britain was ‘the enemy’.
- If you were in Dundee in 1790, you would have heard Russian, American and Latvian spoken.
- Even menus in Russian restaurants are printed exclusively in Latvian, the republic's only official tongue.
Definition of Latvian in US English: Latvianadjectiveˈlætviənˈlatvēən Relating to Latvia, its people, or its language. Example sentencesExamples - A few Latvian expletives were projected out the window, then those blue suede shoes hit that accelerator, and we all had had our first taste of Baltic road rage.
- Another interesting part of the rehearsal, and what proves to be interesting about the course as a whole, is related to the presence of a visiting Latvian conductor and his wife.
- A long table held an international array of booze, from Australian wine to Latvian vodka to a particularly unpleasant ouzo.
- His highly resonant and original stories assume the shape of Russian classics, but are drawn from his life growing up as a very young Latvian immigrant in Toronto.
- By the 1980s, Latvian language and culture were on the verge of extinction, and some drastic measures were needed to galvanise them after independence.
- The company has already received inquiries from businesses as far away as Scotland interested in recruiting Latvian workers through the company's Riga office.
- Some brilliant Latvian geeks made a sequence of images that, when viewed in stop-action animation, shows a robot-like man walking.
- The Latvian spokesperson said they were standing behind their commissioner designate.
- A 33-year-old non-national will be brought before Dublin District Court this morning in relation to the fatal stabbing of the Latvian man.
- This short film by the Latvian film maker is a life study of the people on the streets of Riga listening to a fragment of Mozart's music.
- He explained that the Gardai had been searching for some time for the body of a Latvian national who had gone missing while rock fishing.
- And then I will get drunk, and because Mara and her family are Latvian, I will dance some sort of folk dance and look like an idiot.
- An exception is a bizarre incident in May when a Latvian TV crew was detained in the region and kicked out of the country with no explanation.
- His father was Lithuanian, his mother Latvian.
- He was walking home with two Latvian friends when they were overheard talking in Russian by a group of up to 20 teenagers in Lower Broughton Road.
- On Thursday, they picked up their first European win in five years, taking a slender 1-0 win over Latvian side Ventspils in the first stage of the UEFA Cup.
- Johnson set up a system of youth development throughout the country, and just as important, he set up a generation of Latvian players with transfers to clubs in the west.
- Our correspondent reports from the Latvian capital, Riga.
- In free Latvia, state money has been used to restore cemeteries where Latvian SS soldiers are buried, and museums recording the occupation from 1940 to 1990 have been established.
- If she's Greek, then my dad, also a first-generation American, is Latvian.
nounˈlætviənˈlatvēən 1A native or citizen of Latvia, or a person of Latvian descent. Example sentencesExamples - He was the first Latvian to play for a National Basketball Association team.
- The Saami and the Estonians are the closest populations, while the Finns are separate and the Latvians and Lithuanians are close together but somewhat separated from the rest.
- Deportation now awaits the six Latvians, two Lithuanians, four Russians, four Moldovans and two Ukrainians who were detained at Kendal and Penrith police stations after the raids.
- Most Latvians dress in standard European clothes for everyday wear.
- Before that pioneering effort the Latvian was confined to the special group of openings that attract die-hard support at the amateur level, but finds no following among top players.
- They deported at least 300,000 Lithuanians, 250,000 Latvians, 350,000 Jews, and three-quarters of a million Poles to the interior.
- He is urging the Indian Government to release him after five Latvians imprisoned with him were freed following their President's intervention.
- I am sure the Dutch and the Latvians are disappointed about this but it's why there are squads of 23 players.
- The regime aimed to transform the country into a typical Soviet one, and many native Latvians were deported and Russians brought in to help achieve this.
- At this time native Estonians and Latvians were beginning to settle in the towns, and from this new class there emerged nationalist and revolutionary groups.
- The attack was complemented in the west by attacks from nationalities hitherto under Russian control, i.e. Finns, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Poles.
- The imperial accusation comes from the substantial populations of Tibetans, Latvians and so forth who do not identify with Russia, and yet get ruled by them anyway.
- There were no Indo-European people closer to the Indo-Iranics than the northern European Baltic people i.e. the Lithuanians, the Latvians and the Prussians.
- The Latvians have a better approach to their architectural heritage than we do.
- Outnumbered by Czech fans, the Latvians gave a good account of themselves, as did their team, leading for half an hour.
- After reading your article about the Latvian Gambit, I felt well prepared for a game in our local club tournament against an opponent who has played the Latvian for more than 20 years.
- In 1993, according to Latvian government statistics, 53.5 percent of inhabitants were ethnic Latvians, while 33.5 percent were Russians.
- Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians, and Estonians suffered as others had before them.
- Why did some Ukrainians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and others acquiesce and sometimes help the fascists exterminate their Jewish neighbors?
- It's obvious that you've looked at this opening far more than I have, but I simply can't agree with your assessment that the Latvian is playable.
- Taking on the Latvian in the main lines requires a bit of knowledge and familiarity with the critical lines is essential.
- The story of the rather over-refreshed and over-excited Englishman who espied the rather promising looking Latvian lurking in a semi-lit and semi-private place.
- It is also because we listened to the Latvians and Lithuanians, Czechs and Cubans that washed up upon the landlocked plains.
- Four days later, a Croatian victory over the Latvians may well relegate the Scots to third place.
- Only 33 per cent of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians think membership ‘is a good thing’.
- After a confused period of war between Latvians, Germans, and Bolshevik Russians, international recognition was gained in 1921 and the Constitution of the Republic agreed in 1922.
2The Baltic language of Latvia. Example sentencesExamples - It should be interesting, as I haven't got much Latvian these days and they have no English,’ he said.
- The original Evening Press article which told of Charles finding his family has since been translated into Latvian, and printed in a local newspaper sold in Riga.
- Millions of people will continue to speak Italian, Greek, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Vietnamese, Lebanese and the world's many other languages when they die out in Australia.
- Modern Latvian shows the influences of former conquerors.
- The fact that it's in Latvian (although they have released versions in several languages, including Belarussian, but not English), will mean this fails to qualify for Saturday.
- How many people, for example, can translate from Latvian into Maltese?
- There are links to 1,203 sites in languages other than English, including one in Arabic and one in Latvian.
- She was immediately bundled away by a security guard, complaining in Latvian that Britain was ‘the enemy’.
- The show includes 120 displays of photographs, documents, relics and texts in four languages - English, Latvian, French and Welsh.
- Nevertheless, Latvian and Maltese will have the right to be treated on the same footing as French, German or English.
- If you were in Dundee in 1790, you would have heard Russian, American and Latvian spoken.
- She is 85 now and not well, but Brigita was telling her who I was in Latvian, while she was holding my hand.
- I was simultaneously translated via headphones into Latvian and Russian.
- Amidst the Babel-like diversity, Brother Wolfgang spoke alternately in German and in English, while others translated into Latvian, French, Italian and Dutch.
- Even menus in Russian restaurants are printed exclusively in Latvian, the republic's only official tongue.
- Latvian words are stressed on the first syllable, and written Latvian is largely phonetic.
- The new Latvian government reinstated Latvian as the official language.
- For some reason they filled out six different reports, all handwritten in Latvian.
- More people know Irish than Maltese, Latvian or Estonian, the protestors claimed.
- Imagine if I'd had to learn to read and write in English… you might not read my blog if I spoke, say, Latvian or Estonian… would you!
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