The colors of the Latvian flag—maroon and white—carry deep symbolic meaning and reflect the history, values, and aspirations of the Latvian people. Each color has been carefully chosen to represent important aspects of the nation’s identity. Maroon: The maroon color of the flag is central t...
The Latvian flag has three horizontal stripes, the middle one is white, and the other two are the same color, a kind of crimson. The bands don’t have the same size: the white is much narrower. The primary color is usually associated with the Latvians willingness to shed their blood fo...
Jóhannes,Jón,Hannes(Icelandic)Yahya,Yohanes(Indonesian)Eoin,Seán,Sean,Shane(Irish)Giovanni,Ivan,Ivano,Gian,Gianni,Giannino,Giò,Nino,Vanni(Italian)Johannes,Joannes(Late Roman)Ivans,Jānis(Latvian)Sjang,Sjeng(Limburgish)Hansel(Literature)Jonas(Lithuanian)Ivan,Jovan,Ivo,Jovica,Vancho,Vančo(Macedonian)...
(in Latvian zȩ̀lts "gold," Old Prussian sealtmeno "oriole") and o-grade *ǵhol(h3)-to- (in Slavic *zȍlto, whence Old Church Slavic zlato "gold," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian zlâto, Polish złoto, Russian zóloto), all derivatives with the adjectival suffix *-to- from Indo...
(Latvian)Jurgis(Lithuanian)Jürgen(Low German)Gjorgji,Gorgi(Macedonian)Geevarghese,Varghese(Malayalam)Ġorġ(Maltese)Jurian(Medieval Low German)Yrian(Medieval Scandinavian)Georg,Gøran,Jørgen,Ørjan,Jørg,Jørn(Norwegian)Jerzy,Jurek(Polish)Iuri,Jorge,Jorginho(Portuguese)Georgiy,Georgy,Iouri,Yuri...
National flag consisting of a crimson field (background) divided horizontally by a narrow white stripe. The flag’s width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2.The basic design of the flag was used by a Latvian militia unit in 1279, as is attested in a 14th-century