Jelgava

English

Etymology

See etymology at Livonian Jālgab.

Proper noun

Jelgava

A town in central Latvia, the largest town in Semigallia.
- 2014, Zigmunds Skujins, Flesh-Coloured Dominoes:
  [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.

Translations

city in Latvia

Belarusian: Е́лгава f (Jélhava)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葉爾加瓦 / 叶尔加瓦 (Yè'ěrjiāwǎ)
Danish: Jelgava
Estonian: Jelgava (et), Miitavi
German: Mitau (de) n, Jelgava n
Latgalian: Meitova, Jelgova
Latvian: Jelgava (lv) f, Mītava f
Lithuanian: Jelgava f, Mintauja f
Livonian: Jālgab
Polish: Jełgawa (pl) f, Mitawa (pl) f
Russian: Е́лгава (ru) f (Jélgava), Мита́ва (ru) f (Mitáva)
Ukrainian: Є́лгава f (Jélhava), Є́лґава f (Jélgava)
Yiddish: מיטאַווע (mitave)

Latvian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Jelgava f (4th declension)

Jelgava (a city in Latvia)

Declension

Declension of *Jelgava* (4th)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	Jelgava	—
genitive	Jelgavas	—
dative	Jelgavai	—
accusative	Jelgavu	—
instrumental	Jelgavu	—
locative	Jelgavā	—
vocative	Jelgava	—

Derived terms

jelgavnieks, jelgavniece

Descendants

English: Jelgava