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- proper noun Alternative form of
Liepāja .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea
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Examples
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Or, more precisely, Karostas -- a suburb of Liepaja that used to be a soviet military base but is now a crumbling neighborhood north of the city proper marked by wide boulevards and regal buildings in various states of decay.
Catherine Price: A Place Not to See Before You Die -- That I Saw 2010
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So earlier this week, when Peter and I found ourselves in Liepaja, Latvia for two hours (we were waiting for a bus transfer) I knew there was something I needed to do.
Catherine Price: A Place Not to See Before You Die -- That I Saw 2010
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So earlier this week, when Peter and I found ourselves in Liepaja, Latvia for two hours, I knew there was something I needed to do.
Catherine Price: A Place Not to See Before You Die -- That I Saw 2010
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If I happened to be in Liepaja with a bicycle, a clear weather forecast and several hours to spare?
Catherine Price: A Place Not to See Before You Die -- That I Saw 2010
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I was in Liepaja, Latvia, mere steps away from one of the places I had written about.
Catherine Price: A Place Not to See Before You Die -- That I Saw 2010
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One of the entries in the book is titled "Any Hotel That Used To Be A Prison," and it focuses on Karostas Cietums prison in, you guessed it, Liepaja, Latvia.
Catherine Price: A Place Not to See Before You Die -- That I Saw 2010
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The daughter of a religious Jewish family with five children, Esther Lurie was born in Liepaja, Latvia, which her family was forced to leave during World War I because the city served as a military port.
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She was born Cilly Edelberg in Libau (Liepaja) Latvia, at the time a province of the Tsarist Empire, on August 15, 1899.
Tatjana Barbakoff. 2009
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Slovakia crushed Bulgaria 82-0 in a 2010 Winter Olympics qualifier in the Latvian town of Liepaja.
Archive 2008-09-01 James Mirtle 2008
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The women's pre-Olympic hockey qualification tournament going on in Liepaja, Latvia, and Maribor, Slovenia, this week is pretty far, far off the radar, but it's hard to miss a boxscore like this.
Archive 2008-09-01 James Mirtle 2008
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