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Latvija (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 57 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 57.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by prehistoric Finno-Ugric tribes; traded with Rome and German lands 1st-6th century CE; settled by Baltic Latgallians; battled expanding Scandinavian and Slavic tribes 8th-11th centuries; ruled by Livonia (13th century-1561), Poland, Germany, and Russia; official language is Latvian. |
Names: |
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| Latvija (preferred,C,V,Croatian)
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| Latvija (Bosnian)
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| Latvija (Latvian-P,U,N)
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| Latvija (Slovene)
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| Latvija (Lithuanian)
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| Latvijas Republika (C,V,O,Latvian,U,N)
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| Latviskaya (C,V,Russian (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Lettland (C,O,Swedish)
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| Lettland (German-P,U,N)
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| Lettland (Low German)
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| Lettland (Icelandic)
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| Lettland (Faroese)
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| Lettland (Anglo-Saxon)
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| Lettland (Luxembourgish)
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| Letland (C,O,Danish)
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| Letland (Dutch)
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| Letland (Afrikaans)
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| Letland (Limburgan)
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| Latvia (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Latvia (Vietnamese)
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| Latvia (Indonesian)
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| Latvia (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Latvia (Finnish)
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| Latvia (Akan)
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| Latvia (Breton)
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| Latvia (Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Latvia (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Latvia (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Latvia (North Ndebele)
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| Latvia (Norwegian)
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| Latvia (Shona)
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| Latvia (Swahili (generic))
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| Latvia (Ido)
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| Latvia (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Republic of Latvia (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Lettonie (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République de Lettonie (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Letonia (C,O,Malagasy)
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| Letonia (Ilocano)
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| Letonia (Romanian)
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| Letonia (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Letonia (Basque)
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| Letonia (Aragonese)
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| Letonia (Asturian)
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| Letonia (Albanian)
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| Letonia (Galician)
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| Letonia (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Letonia (Pampanga)
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| Letonia (Waray (Philippines))
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| República de Letonia (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Letónia (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Letónia (Spanish,U,N)
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| Латвия (C,O,Tajik)
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| Латвия (Bulgarian)
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| Латвия (Russian-P,U)
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| Латвийская Республика (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 拉脱维亚 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 拉脱维亚共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| لاثف اِ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً لاثف اِ (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| LVA (C,O,ISO3L)
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| LV (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO428 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| LG (C,O,FIPS)
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| Latvian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| לטביה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| An Laitbhe (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| An Laitvia (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| i-Latvia (C,U,Zulu)
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| Latbiya (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Latfia (C,U,Welsh)
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| Latfiya (C,U,Somali)
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| Läti (C,U,Estonian)
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| latibiya (C,U,Hausa)
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| Lativa (C,U,Rundi)
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| Lativia (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Lativia (Swahili (generic))
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| Lativia (Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Lativya (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Latvi (C,U,Cornish)
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| Látvia (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Latviä (C,U,Tatar)
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| Lát-vi-a (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (C,U)
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| Latvia nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Latvie (C,U,Scots)
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| Latvijas Padomju Socialistiska Respublika (C,U)
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| Latvio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Latviya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Latviyän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (C,U)
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| Latvja (C,U,Maltese)
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| Latvujo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Letiska (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Letlân (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Letlandi (C,U,Greenlandic)
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| Letoni (C,U,Bambara)
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| Letoni (Lingala)
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| Letoni (Albanian)
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| Letoni (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Letoni (Luba-Katanga)
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| Letònia (C,U,Catalan)
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| Letònia (Piemontese)
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| Letònia (Occitan)
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| Letônia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Letonia - Latvija (C,U,Galician)
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| Lètonie (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Letonii (C,U,Fulah)
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| Letonija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Letonija (Bosnian)
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| Letonùii (C,U,Sangho)
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| Letonya (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Letonya (Turkish)
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| Lettonia (C,U,Latin)
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| Lettonia (Corsican)
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| Lettonia (Italian)
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| Lettonia (Sardinian)
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| Lettonia (Romansh)
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| Lettonia (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Lettonnie (C,U)
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| Lettország (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Lituniya (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Litunya (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Łotwa (C,U,Polish)
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| Lotyšsko (C,U,Slovak)
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| Lotyšsko (Czech)
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| Orílẹ́ède Latifia (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Латвія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Латвія (Belarusian)
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| 라트비아 (C,U,Korean)
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| לעטלאנד (C,U,Yiddish)
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| ლატვია (C,U,Georgian)
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| लात्विया (C,U,Hindi)
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| 拉脫維亞 (C,U,Chinese)
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| Λεττονία (C,U,Greek)
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| ឡាតវីយ៉ា (C,U,Khmer)
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| லாட்வியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| Летония (C,U,Romanian)
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| لاتویا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| لتونی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| লাত্ভিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| ܠܐܛܒܝܐ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| ລຼາດເວຍ (C,U,Lao)
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| لاتفيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| Λετονία (C,U,Greek)
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| Латви (C,U,Chuvash)
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| Латви (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| लात्भिया (C,U,Nepali)
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| लातविया (C,U,Hindi)
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| ላትቪያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ላትቪያ (Amharic)
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| Լատվիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| Летонија (C,U,Serbian)
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| ลัตเวีย (C,U,Thai)
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| Латвија (C,U,Macedonian)
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| لاتۋىيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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| लात्व्हिया (C,U,Marathi)
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| ประเทศลัตเวีย (C,U,Thai)
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| ラトビア (C,U,Japanese)
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| لاتڤیا (C,U,Kurdish)
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| ଲାଟଭିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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| ลัทเวีย (C,U,Thai)
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| লাতভিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| लाटविया (C,U,Hindi)
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| લાત્વિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ലാത്വിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ལཏ་བི་ཡ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| लाट्विया (C,U,Marathi)
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| لٹویا (C,U,Urdu)
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| ලැට්වියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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| လတ်ဗီးယား (C,U,Burmese)
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| लाट्भिया (C,U,Nepali)
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| ಲಾಟ್ವಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| ラトビア共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| לאטביה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| లాట్వియ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Latvian SSR (H,O)
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............ | 1940-1990 |
| Latvijskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaya Respublika (H,V)
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............ | 1940-1990 |
| Latviya SSR (H,V)
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............ | 1940-1990 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independent from mid-19th cen.-1940, independent of the former USSR since September 6, 1991 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Rīga .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Latvija, Rīga) [7006484] |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 2004 |
| member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1991 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................ |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 458258 |
| Latvijas Padomju Socialistiska Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 458258 |
| Latvijskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
| ................................................................................... |
Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-128 |
| Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
| ...................................................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 458258 |
| République de Lettonie.......... |
[VP] |
| ......................................... |
ISO Newsletter (1992) 1992-06-15, III-17 |
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