Vidzeme

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian Vidzeme.

Proper noun

Vidzeme

1. A historical region in northeastern Latvia including Riga

Translations

A region in northeastern Latvia

• Belarusian: Відзэмэ (Vidzeme)
• Georgian: ვიძემე (viʒeme)
• Latvian: Vidzeme f
• Lithuanian: Vidžemė
• Livonian: Vidumō
• Polish: Liwonia (pl) f
• Russian: Ви́дземе (Vídzeme)
• Ukrainian: Ві́дземе (Vídzeme)

Latvian

Vidzeme

Etymology

From vidus (“middle”) +‎ zeme (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvid.zeme]

Noun

Vidzeme f (5th declension)

1. Vidzeme (a historical region in northeastern Latvia including Rīga)

Declension

Declension of Vidzeme (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Vidzeme	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Vidzemi	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Vidzemes	—
dative (datīvs)	Vidzemei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Vidzemi	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Vidzemē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Vidzeme	—

Related terms

• Kurzeme, Zemgale (Sēlija), Latgale
• Vidzemnieks, Vidzemniece