Latvian
noun
Lat·vi·an
ˈlat-vē-ən 
1
: a native or inhabitant of Latvia
2
: the Baltic language of the Latvian people
Latvian
adjective
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Other congregations started at the First Lutheran Church site
Five area Lutheran congregations — Zion United Church of Christ, Pleasant View Lutheran, Gethsemane Lutheran, Bethlehem Lutheran, and First Latvian Lutheran — trace their origins to Mount Pisgah/First Lutheran Church.
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Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Livonian, which shares no common origins with Latvian, was the daily language among a string of tiny fishing villages on a peninsula in western Latvia before the country was forcibly absorbed into the Soviet Union.
—The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Latvia’s selection was made by the Latvian Selection Committee, a commission of film industry experts established by the National Film Center.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
Like fiction, chess has, as the Latvian International Master Alvis Vitolins wrote, no limits.
—Cory Leadbeater, The Atlantic, 1 July 2024
In addition to West Australian Ballet, Zed’s website lists recent pleas to the Latvian National Opera Ballet, Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre, Hungarian State Opera, and Boston Ballet to cancel their productions.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2024
Boston also improved to 10-1 in these playoffs without Kristaps Porzingis after the 7-foot-2 Latvian was ruled out about two hours before the game because of a rare tendon injury in his lower left leg sustained in Game 2.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
The Mavs looked differently with Kristaps Porzingis as the second star but the Latvian only played in three of the six games averaging 23.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and 52% shooting from three-point range before being sidelined by a torn lateral meniscus.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2024
The absence means the 7-foot-2 Latvian will go more than two years, at least, without playing in Dallas after the Mavs traded him to Washington in a 2022 blockbuster.
—Schuyler Dixon, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
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Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Livonian, which shares no common origins with Latvian, was the daily language among a string of tiny fishing villages on a peninsula in western Latvia before the country was forcibly absorbed into the Soviet Union.
—The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Latvia’s selection was made by the Latvian Selection Committee, a commission of film industry experts established by the National Film Center.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
Like fiction, chess has, as the Latvian International Master Alvis Vitolins wrote, no limits.
—Cory Leadbeater, The Atlantic, 1 July 2024
In addition to West Australian Ballet, Zed’s website lists recent pleas to the Latvian National Opera Ballet, Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre, Hungarian State Opera, and Boston Ballet to cancel their productions.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2024
Boston also improved to 10-1 in these playoffs without Kristaps Porzingis after the 7-foot-2 Latvian was ruled out about two hours before the game because of a rare tendon injury in his lower left leg sustained in Game 2.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
The Mavs looked differently with Kristaps Porzingis as the second star but the Latvian only played in three of the six games averaging 23.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and 52% shooting from three-point range before being sidelined by a torn lateral meniscus.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2024
The absence means the 7-foot-2 Latvian will go more than two years, at least, without playing in Dallas after the Mavs traded him to Washington in a 2022 blockbuster.
—Schuyler Dixon, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
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“Latvian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Latvian. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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