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CAPITAL OF LATVIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capital of Latvia mean? 

CAPITAL OF LATVIA (noun)
  The noun CAPITAL OF LATVIA has 1 sense:

1. a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic Leagueplay

  Familiarity information: CAPITAL OF LATVIA used as a noun is very rare.


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CAPITAL OF LATVIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Latvia; Riga

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("capital of Latvia" is a part of...):

Latvia; Republic of Latvia (a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Holonyms ("capital of Latvia" is a member of...):

Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)


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