valsts

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Morphologically from (*vald-tis > *valstis > valsts; compare dialectal form ).

The original meaning was “power, domination”; by the 18th century, this had been changed to “parish, fief, administrative district”, with significant geographic variation well into the 19th century. Only in the 20th century did the current meaning become stable. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (< *vald-tius, dialectal ),, Proto-Slavic from.

Noun

 * 1) state, country a sovereign polity with a government; the territory of this polity
 * 2)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings
 * 1)  kingdom one of the highest divisions in the classification of living beings