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Jelgava

Jelgava proper noun: a town in central Latvia, the largest town in Semigallia.

Proper noun

Jelgava

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

Origin of Jelgava

See etymology at Livonian Jālgab.

Questions about Jelgava

What does Jelgava mean?
Jelgava means a town in central Latvia, the largest town in Semigallia.
What part of speech is Jelgava?
Jelgava is a proper noun.

Words near Jelgava in the dictionary

  1. Jelenia Góra
  2. Jelens
  3. jelerang
  4. jelerangs
  5. Jelf
  6. Jelgava
  7. jeli
  8. jelick
  9. jelicks
  10. Jelinek
  11. Jelinekian

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