The ancient tribes of Latvia include:
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Latgalians
One of the four Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of modern Latvians. The name “Latvija” comes from the Latgalians.
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Couronians
One of the four Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of modern Latvians.
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Selonians
One of the four Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of modern Latvians.
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Semigallians
One of the four Baltic tribes that formed the ethnic core of modern Latvians.
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Livonians
A Finnic tribe that also contributed to the ethnic core of modern Latvians.
The Latvians were formed by the merger of the Latgalians with the other three Baltic tribes, along with the Livonians.
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