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Latvia (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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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 .... |
Riga .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Latvia, 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] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 458258 |
Latvijas Padomju Socialistiska Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 458258 |
Latvijskaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-128 |
Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 458258 |
République de Lettonie.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Newsletter (1992) 1992-06-15, III-17 |
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