Latvianize

present singular third person Latvianizes · participle present Latvianizing · participle past Latvianized · past Latvianized

1. to make Latvian.

   During Latvia's earlier independence period (1920-40), efforts were made to Latvianize this church.

   2012, IBP USA, Latvia Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 53

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   And one can understand the striving to Latvianize Latvia, where the percentage of Latvians is so small.

   1991, Joseph Laurence Black, USSR Documents Annual, →ISBN

   During 1991-1996, for example, educational reform focused on Latvian language schools aiming to Latvianize the existing curriculum, raise the quality of instruction, and increase their prestige.

   2004, Gita Steiner-Khamsi, The Global Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending, Teachers College Press, →ISBN, page 81