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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 League
Familiarity information: CAPITAL OF LATVIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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