Riga
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latvian Rīga, of disputed origin:
- Possibly from Livonian ringa (“loop”), referring to the ancient natural harbor formed by the tributary loop of the Daugava river.
- Possibly a form of Riege, the German name for the Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river.
- Possibly from rija (“threshing barn”), the j becoming a g in German (note that English geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that German historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of Rīga from rija).
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Riga
- The capital city of Latvia.
- 2014, Zigmunds Skujins, Flesh-Coloured Dominoes:
- [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.
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capital of Latvia
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga).
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Riga (plural Rigas)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Riga is the 40082nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 547 individuals. Riga is most common among White (93.78%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Riga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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Riga
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Riga f (related adjective rižský, demonym Rižan)
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Riga
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Riga n
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Riga ?
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Riga n (proper noun, genitive Rigas or (optionally with an article) Riga)
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Riga
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Riga | — |
accusative | Rigát | — |
dative | Rigának | — |
instrumental | Rigával | — |
causal-final | Rigáért | — |
translative | Rigává | — |
terminative | Rigáig | — |
essive-formal | Rigaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Rigában | — |
superessive | Rigán | — |
adessive | Rigánál | — |
illative | Rigába | — |
sublative | Rigára | — |
allative | Rigához | — |
elative | Rigából | — |
delative | Rigáról | — |
ablative | Rigától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Rigáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Rigáéi | — |
Possessive forms of Riga | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Rigám | — |
2nd person sing. | Rigád | — |
3rd person sing. | Rigája | — |
1st person plural | Rigánk | — |
2nd person plural | Rigátok | — |
3rd person plural | Rigájuk | — |
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Riga f
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Etymology edit
From Latvian Rīga (“Riga”), where the origin is disputed:
- Possibly from Livonian ringa (“loop”), referring to the ancient natural harbor formed by the tributary loop of the Daugava river.
- Possibly a form of Riege, the German name for the Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river.
- Possibly from rija (“threshing barn”), the j becoming a g in German (note that English geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that German historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of Rīga from rija (“threshing barn”), from Livonian rī’, rī’j or from Estonian rehi, both from Proto-Finnic *riihi (“cabin for drying and threshing grain”), from earlier *riŋeše.
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Riga
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
- Riga er Latvias økonomiske og kulturelle sentrum
- Riga is Latvia's economic and cultural center
Derived terms edit
- rigabalsam (“Riga balm”)
- Rigabukten / Rigabukta (“Gulf of Riga”)
References edit
- “Riga” in Store norske leksikon
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- Hyphenation: Ri‧ga
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Riga f
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
Slovak edit
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Riga f (genitive singular Rigy, declension pattern of žena)
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
References edit
- “Riga”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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Riga ?
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Riga n (genitive Rigas)
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish ریغا (Riga).
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Riga
- Riga (the capital city of Latvia)