svešatne

See also: svešatnē

Latvian

Etymology

From svešs (“unknown, foreign, strange”) +‎ -atne.

Noun

svešatne f (5th declension)

  1. unknown land, country, territory; foreign land, country
    Niklāva bērnība aizrītēja svešatnē nelatviskā vidē ― Niklāvs' childhood was spent in a foreign land, in a non-Latvian environment
    lai cik gausi vilkās gadi tur svešatnē, viens desmits tomēr nomainīja otru ― despite how sluggishly the years passed there in a foreign land (= abroad), (finally) one decade replaced another

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