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Definition of Livonia

1. Noun. A region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia.

Definition of Livonia

1. Proper noun. A historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia. ¹

2. Proper noun. Any of various places in the USA. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Livonia

Literary usage of Livonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"More than a thousand lakes are scattered over Livonia, of which that of ... Of the very numerous rivers which water Livonia, only the Duna, which flows for ..."

2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"At the fame time the Ruffians, entering Livonia, met with little ... of this treaty, Livonia, the object of contention, thus ceded to Poland, ..."

3. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"The Lutheran church of Livonia had in consequence to pass through severe trials. Under Polish protection a Jesuit college was established in Riga in AD 15S4 ..."

4. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"Esthonia faces the Gulf of Finland; Livonia and Courland face the Baltic and ... Nearly half of the tilled lands in Courland and Livonia is devoted to the ..."

5. History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan by Silas Farmer (1890)
"SAMUEL R. HARLAN, of Livonia, was born in Maryland, Aug. 17, 1839. His parents came to Michigan in 1853. He married Sarah E. Weist of Canton, Mich , May 24, ..."

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