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Liepaja

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Lie·pa·ja  (l-p-y, lypä-yä)
A city of southwest Latvia on the Baltic Sea southwest of Riga. Founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1263, it passed to Russia in 1795, was briefly the capital of the Latvian provisional government (1918), and was annexed by the USSR along with the rest of Latvia after World War II. Population: 85,500.
Liepāja, Lepaya [lɪˈpɑːjə]
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(Placename) a port in W Latvia on the Baltic Sea; founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1263: a naval and industrial centre, with a fishing fleet. Pop.: 100 271 (1995 est.) Russian name Libava German name Libau
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Noun1.Liepaja - a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea
Latvia, Republic of Latvia - a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea


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It will start twice-weekly service to Simferopol on April 11, twice-weekly flights to Tbilisi on May 2, twice-weekly flights to Baku the following day and four-times-weekly service to Liepaja later in the month.
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As a symbol of integration, an ancient Russian Orthodox Church, which used to be a sports hall during Soviet times, rings its bells inviting people from all over Liepaja.
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While on a routine patrol from Wiesbaden, West Germany, on 8 April 1950 the Privateer was shot down by Soviet aircraft over the Baltic Sea off Liepaja.
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