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The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
The long list of alternative names or titles for specific person is somewhat like documenting the etymology or formal origin of a word, such as starting with the Greek and/or Latin words, then the French word, or Old English, followed by the Middle English word, etc. Hence, the format is familiar and easy to copy, as if it represented the ...
This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any languages that are predominant or official, or historically significant to the country in question.
AKA, a French-language film; AKA, a drama film "A.K.A." (Jericho episode), a 2007 episode of the TV series Jericho; a.k.a. Cartoon, a Canadian animation company; Aka Pella (Histeria!), a character from the cartoon Histeria! Channel AKA, former name of the UK music television channel Now 70s
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Aka Gündüz (1886–1958), Turkish poet, composer and politician Aka Høegh (born 1947), Greenlandic painter, graphic artist and sculptor Aka Nanitashvili , Georgian fashion designer
Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)
The Vietnamese is worthwhile to include for its presence in modern scholarship, but it's subsidiary to the Chinese (Of course, if the Old Chinese names can be sourced, they're preferable to pinyin, and if you can show the Vietnamese names for Zhao Tuo's Nanyue are the common names in English scholarship—of those states, not incidental ...