Lettish
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lettish
Example Sentences
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In snowbound Lettish villages, in orange-scented Georgian watering places, in Uzbek desert oases, the same red-and-white signs marked the local "agitpunkt" campaign headquarters for the 1,364 unopposed candidates running for election to the Supreme Soviet.
From Time Magazine Archive
In seven languages�German, Russian, Lithuanian, Polish, Yiddish, Lettish, Esthonian�the Germans posted their proclamations, but Grischa could read not one of any seven, and in a few hours he was imprisoned again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Russian for more than 100 years, the country was dominated for 700 years before that by German barons, holding the Lettish peasants as serfs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Lettish and Australian myths are folk-poetry; they have nothing to do with a disease of language or forgotten meanings of words which become proper names.
From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew
On what intelligible grounds, then, were the Finnish, the Lettish, the Esthonian, the Georgian, the Ukrainian problems excluded from it?
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
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