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Latvianize

Latvianize verb: to make Latvian.

Verb

Latvianize (third-person singular simple present Latvianizes, present participle Latvianizing, simple past and past participle Latvianized)

  1. to make Latvian.
    • And one can understand the striving to Latvianize Latvia, where the percentage of Latvians is so small.1991, Joseph Laurence Black, USSR Documents Annual, →ISBN
    • During 1991-1996, for example, educational reform focused on Latvian language schools aiming to Latvianize the existing curriculum, raise the quality of instruction, and increase their prestige.2004, Gita Steiner-Khamsi, The Global Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending, Teachers College Press, →ISBN, page 81

Forms of Latvianize

third-person singular presentLatvianizes
present participleLatvianizing
past participleLatvianized
pastLatvianized

Origin of Latvianize

From Latvian + -ize.

Words formed from Latvianize

Questions about Latvianize

What does Latvianize mean?
Latvianize means to make Latvian.
What part of speech is Latvianize?
Latvianize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Latvianize?
The past tense of Latvianize is Latvianized.

Words near Latvianize in the dictionary

  1. Latvian horse
  2. Latvian horses
  3. Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
  4. Latvian SSR
  5. Latvianization
  6. Latvianize
  7. Latvianness
  8. Latvians
  9. Latz
  10. Latzes
  11. lau

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