Riga

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

English

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Etymology 1

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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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Proper noun

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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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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga).

Proper noun

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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.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Riga f (related adjective rižský, demonym Rižan)

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Further reading

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

Danish

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Proper noun

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Riga n

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Riga ?

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

Anagrams

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German

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

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

Hungarian

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 Riga on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

Declension

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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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Italian

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Proper noun

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Riga f

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Latvian Rīga.

Proper noun

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Riga f sg (genitive Rigae); first declension

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
    • 1578, Alexander Guagnini, Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae Regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Masouiam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Liuoniam, et Moschouiae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur [Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary], Liuoniae totius cum suis Prouinciis, Ciuitatibus, Castris, et Commendaturis, siue Palatinatibus, etc. Succincta descriptio [A succinct description of the whole of Livonia, with its provinces, cities, castles, and commanderies or palatinates, etc.], folio 3r:
      Blokavs Munitio inter Rigam & Dinamunt ad Dwinam condita
      Blokaus is a fortification built on the Dvina between Riga and Dünamünde.

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Riga
Genitive Rigae
Dative Rigae
Accusative Rigam
Ablative Rigā
Vocative Riga

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Norwegian Bokmål

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

Etymology

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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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Proper noun

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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

Derived terms

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References

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  • Riga” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ri‧ga

Proper noun

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Riga f

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Riga f (genitive singular Rigy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

References

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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

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Riga ?

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
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Swedish

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Proper noun

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Riga n (genitive Rigas)

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ریغا (Riga).

Proper noun

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Riga

  1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)

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