Meaning of tēvija | Babel Free

Definitions

1. fatherland, homeland (country or land seen as the land of one's ancestors)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of tēvija
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular

Equivalents

Examples

“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

CEFR level