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How do you use Courland in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Courland in a sentence

Courland meaning

  1. A region in western Latvia.
  2. A duchy in that region.

Using Courland

  • The main meaning on this page is: A region in western Latvia. | A duchy in that region.
  • In the example corpus, courland often appears in combinations such as: in courland, of courland, courland and.

Context around Courland

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

1848 1× part 1×

Often after:

vita 1× related 1× peasants 1× short 1× governorate 1× kurzeme 1×

Sentence patterns with Courland

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

attack to courland vita ansgari 1× bishopric of courland and his 1× courland related place 1× duchy of courland and frederick 1× duke of courland after 1616 1× houses in courland were bought 1× in 1848 courland peasants were 1× in courland short vowels 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after magnus von 1× anna signed the 1× compare with rimbert 1× courland related place 1× further reforms after 1× in 1578 magnus 1×

Common sentence endings:

90 in livonia 1× and jewish populations 1× ansgari chapter xxx 1× courland after 1616 1× in goldingen kuldīga 1× in these places 1×

Words around Courland

Just before it in the word index:

courir 2 couriers 84 couriering 2 couriered 2 courier 520 couric 15

Just after it in the word index:

courmayeur 3 cournot 6 cournoyer 8 courrier 8 cours 22 course 20.000

Similar in corpus frequency:

aat 18 abhorrence 18 abms 18 absolutes 18 absorbance 18 abule 18

Corpus analysis for Courland

  • In this selection, "courland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, 1848, part, vita, related and peasants stand out and add context to how "courland" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include attack to courland vita ansgari and bishopric of courland and his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "courland" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with courland

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Courland related place names from this period still survive today in these places. (13 words)

Wilhelm owned the western part, Courland (Kurzeme), with his residence in Goldingen ( Kuldīga ). (13 words)

Compare with Rimbert's story about an attack to Courland, Vita Ansgari Chapter XXX. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Further reforms After 1832 peasants were allowed freedom of settlement within the governorate, but only in 1848 Courland peasants were allowed to settle in towns and cities, many of which until then had mostly German and Jewish populations. (38 words)

Wilhelm's conflict with local nobles ended with his removal from the duke's seat in 1616 and Friedrich became the only duke of Courland after 1616. (27 words)

After Magnus von Lyffland died in 1583, Poland invaded his territories in the Duchy of Courland and Frederick II decided to sell his rights of inheritance. (26 words)

Example sentences (14)

After Magnus von Lyffland died in 1583, Poland invaded his territories in the Duchy of Courland and Frederick II decided to sell his rights of inheritance.

Anna signed the document of " Conditions " on 18 January 1730 at her capital, Jelgava in Courland (then known as Mitau), and proceeded to the Russian capital.

Compare with Rimbert's story about an attack to Courland, Vita Ansgari Chapter XXX.

Courland related place names from this period still survive today in these places.

Further reforms After 1832 peasants were allowed freedom of settlement within the governorate, but only in 1848 Courland peasants were allowed to settle in towns and cities, many of which until then had mostly German and Jewish populations.

In 1578, Magnus of Livonia retired to The Bishopric of Courland and his brother all but gave up the land in Livonia.

In Courland short vowels in the endings of words are discarded, while long vowels are shortened.

Just before the start of WWI about 99% of houses in Courland were bought and 90% in Livonia.

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Longworth, 83. The newly wedded couple spent several weeks in Russia before proceeding to Courland.

Many Baltic Germans looked toward aligning the Baltics (Lithuania and Courland in particular) with Germany.

On April 30 Russian Commander-in-Chief ordered evacuation of all Jews from Courland within 24. hours.

Since Courland Governorate had a direct border with Germany it was immediately involved in warfare.

Wilhelm owned the western part, Courland (Kurzeme), with his residence in Goldingen ( Kuldīga ).

Wilhelm's conflict with local nobles ended with his removal from the duke's seat in 1616 and Friedrich became the only duke of Courland after 1616.

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Common combinations with courland

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "courland" in a sentence?
An example: "After Magnus von Lyffland died in 1583, Poland invaded his territories in the Duchy of Courland and Frederick II decided to sell his rights of inheritance." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "courland" from authentic English texts.
What does "courland" mean?
Courland means: A region in western Latvia.
How many example sentences with "courland" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "courland", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.