Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

livonia

/lɪˈvoʊ.ni.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables: livo-nia
IPA: /lɪˈvoʊ.ni.ə/

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Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *liiva Estonian liivder. Latin Livoniabor. English Livonia From Latin Livonia, from Estonian liiv (“sand”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Livonia, liiv

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /lɪˈvoʊ.ni.ə/
British English: /lɪˈvəʊ.ni.ə/

Derived Forms

Livonian

Rhymes With

pneumonia ammonia catalonia sonya begonia valonia estonia macedonia patagonia babylonia snowdonia franconia

Questions

How do you pronounce livonia?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɪˈvoʊ.ni.ə/.
What does livonia mean?: A historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia.
Where does livonia come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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