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Formed asLettonēs(“Latvians”) +‎-ia(“land of”), which is equivalent to GermanLettland; the first element is a borrowing from German, and the shorto is an apparent imitation of the names of Gaulish tribes, or of Greek.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /letˈto.ni.a/,[ɫ̪ɛt̪ˈt̪ɔniä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /letˈto.ni.a/,[let̪ˈt̪ɔːniä]

Proper noun

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Lettonia f sg (genitiveLettoniae);first declension

(New Latin)Latvia (a country in northeasternEurope)
Synonym:Lettia

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lettonia
genitive	Lettoniae
dative	Lettoniae
accusative	Lettoniam
ablative	Lettoniā
vocative	Lettonia

Descendants

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Descendants

→ Asturian:Letonia
→ Basque:Letonia
→ Catalan:Letònia
→ Corsican:Lettonia
→ Franco-Provençal:Lètonia
→ French:Lettonie
- → Khmer:ឡេតូនី(leetounii)
- → Lao:ແລດໂຕນີ(lǣt tō nī)
- → Persian:لتونی(letoni)
→ Friulian:Letonie
→ Galician:Letonia
→ Italian:Lettonia
- → Albanian:Letoni
- → Greek:Λεττονία(Lettonía)
- → Turkish:Letonya
  - → Northern Kurdish:Letonya
- → Macedonian:Летонија(Letonija)
- → Pashto:ليتونيا(litonyã)
- → Serbo-Croatian:Lètōnija/Лѐто̄нија
→ Norman:Lettonnie/Létonîn
→ Occitan:Letònia
→ Portuguese:Letónia/Letônia
→ Romanian:Letonia
→ Spanish:Letonia
- → Central Nahuatl:Letonia
- → Tagalog:Letonya
→ Venetan:Łetonia