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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a Baltic people constituting the main population of Latvia.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of a branch of the Lithuanian or Lettic race, inhabiting chiefly the Russian provinces of Courland, Livonia, and Vitebsk. The Letts call themselves Latvis. See Lithuanian.
  • noun The Lettish language; Lettic. See Lettish.

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  • noun Latvian
  • adjective Latvian

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German Lette, from Latvian Latvi.]

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From German Lette.

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