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Cour·land

also Kur·land  (ko͝or′lənd)
A historical region and former duchy of southern Latvia between the Baltic Sea and the Western Dvina River. It passed to Russia in 1795 and was largely incorporated into Latvia in 1918.
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Courland

(ˈkʊələnd) or

Kurland

n
(Placename) a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border. Latvian name: Kurzeme
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Cour•land

or Kur•land

(ˈkʊər lənd)

n.
a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.
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It is in complete contradiction with the present knowledge that in all northern Latvia down to the Daugava River (Baltic) Finnic languages were spoken as late as around 1000 AD, while all of Curonia around the same time was inhabited by people who spoke Baltic languages.
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That unease is reflected in Stein's "Portrait of Mabel Dodge at Villa Curonia" (1912), which examines the role of art objects in the construction of Dodge's identity, pointing up the snares of the worldly comfort Stein herself so enjoyed.
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The king apparently had persuaded a zealous trader to erect a church on the island Curonia (4) (sic!) by offering him lots of presents.
Ludvig Holberg manages to make King Valdemar II not only ruler of Estonia, but Curonia, Livonia and Prussia, too.
From Saxo Grammaticus to Peter Friedrich Suhm: Danish views on medieval Estonian history/Saxo Grammaticusest Peter Friedrich Suhmini: Eesti keskaja ajalugu labi taanlaste silmade
On Florence's western fringe of hills they found Villa Curonia, said to have been the country house of a physician to the Medici.
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Gertrude Stein, "Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia," in Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein (Random House).
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(5) Finns, Karelians, Estonians and Livs, as well as the inhabitants of the northern part of Curonia, spoke Finnic languages.
Scandinavian Late Viking Age art styles as a part of the visual display of warriors in 11th century Estonia/Hilisviikingiaegsed skandinaaviaparased ornamendistiilid kui osa 11. sajandi eesti sodalaste atribuutikast
The importance of the mensuur tradition is well shown in the fact that the oldest Baltic German student organization in Estonia, called Curonia, starts its history from a mensuur on 8.9.1808 where their native Curonian colors were first used in this context.
German influence on Estonian and Baltic German Corps traditions in Tartu/Saksa mojust eesti ja baltisaksa korporatsioonides Tartus

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