Riyadh

English Alternative forms en Riad obsolete Etymology en :bor ar:الرِّيَاض<lit:the meadows> 2 Pronunciation en /ˈriː.æd/ UK en /ɹiˈjɑːd/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Riyadh.wav Southern England en ɑːd 2 Proper noun en Q3692 en capital city c/Saudi Arabia. en 2025-05-27 Thomas Carothers A new low on US democracy support w:POLITICO https://www.politico.eu/article/new-low-united-states-democracy-support-donald-trump-saudi-gulf-trip-riyadh-ramaphosa/ U.S. President Donald Trump delighted his Saudi hosts in Riyadh on May 13, telling them America wouldn’t be giving “lectures on how to live” under his watch. https://web.archive.org/web/20250902072800/https://www.politico.eu/article/new-low-united-states-democracy-support-donald-trump-saudi-gulf-trip-riyadh-ramaphosa/ 2 September 2025 en Q1249255 en province c/Saudi Arabia Riyadh<id:Q3692>. en Q62399316 en metonym The government of Saudi Arabia. en-GB Alex Lawson ‘Art-washing’? Unease as British cultural institutions lend lustre to Saudi trade push The Guardian 2024-05-17 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/17/art-washing-unease-as-british-cultural-institutions-lend-lustre-to-saudi-trade-push 0261-3077 Notable in the delegation was a significant contingent of cultural bodies, a move which immediately drew criticism that the Gulf state was “art-washing” – using Britain’s venerable institutions to improve its international image even as concerns over Riyadh’s human rights record continue to mount. https://web.archive.org/web/20261022232418/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/17/art-washing-unease-as-british-cultural-institutions-lend-lustre-to-saudi-trade-push 22 October 2026 Translations capital of Saudi Arabia Afrikaans: af Riaad Albanian: sq Riadi m Amharic: am ሪያድ Arabic: ar الرِّيَاض f Armenian: hy Էր Ռիադ Asturian: ast Riyad Azerbaijani: az Ər-Riyad Bashkir: ba Әр-Рияд Basque: eu Riad Belarusian: be Эр-Рыя́д m Bengali: bn রিয়াদ Bulgarian: bg Рия́д m Burmese: my ရီယာ့ဒ်မြို့ Catalan: ca Riad Chinese: Cantonese: yue 利雅得 Mandarin: cmn 利雅得 Czech: cs Rijád m Danish: da Riyadh n Dutch: nl Riyad n Esperanto: eo Riado Finnish: fi Riad French: fr Riyad m, fr Riad m Galician: gl Riad f Georgian: ka ერ-რიადი German: de Riad n Greek: el Ριάντ n Hebrew: he רִיַאד f riyad Hindi: hi रियाद m, hi रियाज़ m riyāz Hungarian: hu Rijád Icelandic: is Ríad Ido: io Riad Indonesian: id Riyadh Irish: ga Riad Italian: it Riad f Japanese: ja リヤド Riyado Kazakh: kk Эр-Рияд Khmer: km រីយ៉ាដ Korean: ko ^리야드 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Riyad Kyrgyz: ky Эр-Рияд Latvian: lv Rijāda f Lithuanian: lt Rijadas m Macedonian: mk Ријад m Malay: ms Riyadh Marathi: mr रियाद Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Эр-Рияд Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Riyadh n Nynorsk: nn Riyadh n Pashto: ps رياض m riyāz Persian: fa ریاض riyâz Polish: pl Rijad m Portuguese: pt Riade Romanian: ro Riad m Russian: ru Эр-Рия́д m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ријад m Latin: sh Rijad m Slovak: sk Rijád m Slovene: sl Riad m Spanish: es Riad m Swedish: sv Riyadh n Tajik: tg Эр-Рияд, tg Ар-Риёз, tg Риёз Tamil: ta ரியாத் Tatar: tt Әр-Рияд Thai: th ริยาด Tibetan: bo རིས་ཡག Turkish: tr Riyad Turkmen: tk Er-Riýad Ukrainian: uk Ер-Рія́д m Urdu: ur ریاض m riyāz Uyghur: ug رىياد Uzbek: uz Ar-Riyod Vietnamese: vi E-ri-át, vi Ri-i-át Yiddish: yi ריאַד n Anagrams en adhiry hydria Portuguese Proper noun pt Riade