Courland

[ koo r-luh nd ]

/ ˈkʊər lənd /

a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.

Example sentences from the Web for courland

I should have been quite satisfied with those visits, if I had met the Duke of Courland anywhere.

The Journal of Countess Franoise Krasinska |Kasimir Dziekonska (translator)
"She was a lovely girl," continued the invalid, without noticing Mrs. Courland's interruption.

The Wizard of West Penwith |William Bentinck Forfar
There is likewise a kind of court kept there, by a Duchess Dowager of Courland; at which you should get introduced.

The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son |The Earl of Chesterfield
So you are going on a marauding expedition after the crown of Courland!

Francezka |Molly Elliot Seawell

Flora was kept out of the way in Mrs. Courland's private apartments, where she had first been introduced to the house.

The Wizard of West Penwith |William Bentinck Forfar

Courland

/ (ˈkʊələnd) /

a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border Latvian name: Kurzeme