Etymology

Courland

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Today it means: A region in western Latvia. Full definition →

German Kurland
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  1. German · borrowed fromKurland
  2. English todayCourland

Frenchified spelling of German Kurland, equivalent to Cour- + land, with the initial component related to Curonian, Latin Curonia and Latvian Kurzeme.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.