Courland

American  

[koor-luhnd] / ˈkʊər lənd /

Or Kurland

noun

1. a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.

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Courland British  

/ ˈkʊələnd /

noun

1. Latvian name: Kurzeme.  a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border

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Example Sentences

Peter Smith, 64, was on the Caribbean island with wife Jo and friends when he was attacked in Courland Bay on Friday morning.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024

However, the prospect of maintaining such an ornate structure was so daunting that serious proposals were advanced to replace it, either with a plain 170-foot shaft, designed by Raphael H. Courland, or a playground.

From New York Times • May 20, 2015

On the Courland peninsula in Latvia some 190,000 Germans were taken.

From Time Magazine Archive

Edwin Erich Dwinger's The Last Horsemen describes the futile attempt of a gang of German frontier soldiers to invade Courland and make it a German province.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile letters are flying hither from the Prince of Courland, from Hovanski, and from the Elector of Brandenburg.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk