See also: riga, Rīga, Rīgā, Ríga, and Rîga

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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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  • IPA(key): /ˈɹiːɡə/
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  • Rhymes: -iːɡə

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Riga

  1. 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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Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga).

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Riga (plural Rigas)

  1. A surname.
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  • 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.

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Riga f (related adjective rižský, demonym Rižan)

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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  • Riga in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Riga in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Riga in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Riga n

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Riga ?

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Riga n (proper noun, genitive Rigas or (optionally with an article) Riga)

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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 Riga on Hungarian Wikipedia

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  • IPA(key): [ˈriɡɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɡɒ

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
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

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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View of Riga from St. Peter's church in Latvia

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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

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
    Riga er Latvias økonomiske og kulturelle sentrum
    Riga is Latvia's economic and cultural center

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  • Riga” in Store norske leksikon

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  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ga

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Riga f

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Riga f (genitive singular Rigy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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  • 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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  • IPA(key): /ˈriɡa/ [ˈri.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: Ri‧ga

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Riga ?

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Riga n (genitive Rigas)

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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From Ottoman Turkish ریغا (Riga).

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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