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valsts

valsts

Latvian

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Noun

valsts f (6th declension)

  1. state, country (a sovereign polity with a government; the territory of this polity)
    demokratiska, monarhiska valsts ― democratic, monarchic state
    valsts varastate power
    valsts teritorijacountry (lit. state territory)
    valsts galva ― head of state
    valsts pārvaldegovernment (lit. state administration)
    valsts iekšējās lietas ― a country's internal affairs
    valsts iestāde ― public (lit. state) authority
    valsts budžetsstate budget
    valsts īpašumsstate property
    valsts monopolsstate monopoly
    valsts valoda ― official (lit. state) language
    valsts sekretārs, kanclers ― secretary, chancellor of state
    valsts drošībastate security
    Baltijas valstis ― Baltic countries
    nepievienojušās valstis ― developing countries
    Amerikas Savienotās Valstis ― United States of America
  2. (biology) kingdom (one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings)
    augu valsts ― plant kingdom
    dzīvnieku valsts ― animal kingdom

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), valsts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7