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- noun Plural form of
Latgalian .
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LatviaThe name "Latvia" originates from the ancient Latgalians, one of four eastern Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of the Latvian people (ca. 8th-12th centuries A.D.).
Background 2008
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Background: The name "Latvia" originates from the ancient Latgalians, one of four eastern Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of the Latvian people (ca. 8th-12th centuries A.D.).
Latvia 2008
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Settled in the 12th century by Latgalians and Selonians, the town soon came under siege by Germans and the Livonian Order, which is how the famed castle was built.
News from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Baltic Times. 2009
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