Wikipēdija

See also: Wikipedija

Latvian

Etymology

From the Latvian enciklopēdija (“encyclopedia”) by analogy with English Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wikipēdija f

  1. Wikipedia

Usage notes

The Latvian Wikipedia first adopted Wikipēdija, similarly to the English Wikipedia, but later dropped that and changed for Vikipēdija, which has Latvian alphabet letters only and incorporates the ending of the Latvian word enciklopēdija (“encyclopedia”).

Synonyms

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