Lat.vi.a

latvia的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈlætvi:ə]
KK音标发音： [ˈlætviə]

latvia的词性：
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1. A region and former country of northern Europe on the Baltic Sea. Conquered and Christianized by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the 13th century, Latvia passed under Russian control in the 18th century. It became independent after World War I but was annexed by the U.S.S.R. in 1940.
拉脱维亚：北欧波罗的海沿岸一地区和从前的国家。13世纪被利沃尼亚佩剑骑士团征服并开始信奉基督教，拉脱维亚于18世纪被沙皇接管。于一次大战后独立，但是1940年并入苏联版图

2. Also Lat.vi.an Soviet Socialist Republic [-v?-…n] A constituent republic of northwest European U.S.S.R. coextensive with the former country of Latvia. It officially became a constituent republic in August 1940. In March 1990 Latvia made a formal declaration of independence. Riga is the capital. Population, 2,604,000.
也作 Lat.vi.an Soviet Socialist Republic [-v?-…n] 拉脱维亚共和国：苏联位于西北欧的加盟共和国，与旧时拉脱维亚国版图相同。于1940年8月正式成为苏联的一个共和国。1990年3月正式宣布独立。里加是其首都。人口2,604,000