tēvija

== Latvian == === Etymology === Coined by Atis Kronvalds in 1870, from tēvs (“father”) +‎ -ija, in parallel with its synonym tēvzeme. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tēvija f (4th declension) fatherland, homeland (country or land seen as the land of one's ancestors) kas cilvēks ir bez dzimtene, bez tēvijas un mājām? ― what is a person without a homeland, without a fatherland and a home? es - ceļinieks bez tēvijas ― I (am) a traveller without a home (lit. without a fatherland) pienāca pavasaris... tīrumos nozuda sniegs, un pirmie gāju putni atgriezās savā ziemeļu tēvijā ― spring has come... the snow has disappeared from the fields, and the first migratory birds have returned to their northern fatherland ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== dzimtene tēvzeme, tēvu zeme === References ===