Riga

Appendix:Variations of "riga" English + <dab!> Etymology 1 From en lv Rīga, of disputed origin: Possibly a form of de Riege, the en de - name for the lv Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river. Possibly from lv rija threshing barn, the j becoming a g in German (note that en - geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that de - historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of lv Rīga from lv rija). Pronunciation en /ˈɹiːɡə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Riga.wav Southern England en iːɡə 2 Proper noun en capital city c/Latvia. en Rīga en 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. en metonym The Latvian government. en place c/USA: en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Lenawee County s/Michigan. TopoZone: Riga, Michigan en town co/Monroe County s/New York. TopoZone: Riga, New York Derived terms en Rigan Translations capital of Latvia Afrikaans: af Riga Albanian: sq Riga f, sq Rigë f indefinite Arabic: ar رِيغَا f, ar رِيجَا f rīgā Egyptian Arabic: arz ريجا f rīgā Hijazi Arabic: acw ريقا f rīga Armenian: hy Ռիգա Asturian: ast Riga Azerbaijani: az Riqa Belarusian: be Ры́га f, be Ры́ґа f Taraškievica, also Bengali: bn রিগা Bulgarian: bg Ри́га f Burmese: my ရီဂါ Carpathian Rusyn: rue Рі́ґа f Cherokee: chr ᎵᎦ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 里加 lei5 gaa1 Mandarin: cmn 里加 Lǐjiā Czech: cs Riga f Danish: da Riga n Dutch: nl Riga n Esperanto: eo Rigo Estonian: et Riia Finnish: fi Riika French: fr Riga Georgian: ka რიგა German: de Riga n Greek: el Ρίγα f Hebrew: he רִיגָה f ríga Hindi: hi रीगा m Hungarian: hu Riga Icelandic: is Ríga f Indonesian: id Riga Irish: ga Ríge f Italian: it Riga f Japanese: ja リガ Riga Kazakh: kk Рига Khmer: km រីហ្កា Korean: ko ^리가 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Rîga Kyrgyz: ky Рига Lao: lo ຣີກາ Latgalian: ltg Reiga Latvian: lv Rīga f Lithuanian: lt Ryga f Livonian: liv Rīgõ Macedonian: mk Рига f Malay: ms Riga Maltese: mt Riga Marathi: mr रिगा n Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Рига Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Riga Pashto: ps ريګا f regã Persian: fa ریگا rigâ Polish: pl Ryga f Portuguese: pt Riga f Punjabi: pa ਰੀਗਾ Romanian: ro Riga Russian: ru Ри́га f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Рига f Latin: sh Riga f Silesian: szl Ryga f Slovak: sk Riga f Slovene: sl Riga f Spanish: es Riga Swedish: sv Riga n Tajik: tg Рига Tamil: ta ரீகா Tatar: tt Рига Thai: th รีกา Turkish: tr Riga Turkmen: tk Riga Ukrainian: uk Ри́га f, uk Ри́ґа f Urdu: ur ریگا m rīgā Uyghur: ug رىگا Uzbek: uz Riga Vietnamese: vi Ri-ga Yiddish: yi ריגע n References Etymology 2 + (surname) Borrowed from en it Riga and en el Ρήγα. Proper noun s en. Statistics 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 Anagrams en agir ragi Gair Ağrı agri agri- gari en surnames from Greek surnames from Italian Afrikaans af: Proper noun af capital city c/Latvia Riga Albanian Proper noun sq proper noun form sq Rigë def nom s Czech cs: Pronunciation cs Cs-Riga.ogg cs LL-Q9056 (ces)-Ghost4Man-Riga.wav Proper noun f rižský Rižan cs capital city c/Latvia Riga Declension f.sg Further reading Danish Proper noun da proper noun da capital city c/Latvia Riga Dutch nl: Proper noun n nl capital city c/Latvia Riga French fr: Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Riga.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>) Proper noun fr capital city c/Latvia Riga Anagrams fr agir, fr gira German de: Pronunciation de De-Riga.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de capital city c/Latvia Riga Hungarian hu: Pronunciation hu Ri ga hu ɡɒ 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu capital city c/Latvia Riga Declension Rigá o sgRigá sg Derived terms hu rigai Italian Pronunciation Proper noun f it capital city c/Latvia Riga Anagrams it agir Agri agri agri- gira Latin Etymology la Riga :der lv:Rīga + 1 Proper noun Riga<1> la capital city c/Latvia Riga la 1578 w:Alexander Guagnini la:Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae Regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Masouiam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Liuoniam, et Moschouiae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur<t:Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary> la:Liuoniae totius cum suis Prouinciis, Ciuitatibus, Castris, et Commendaturis, siue Palatinatibus, etc. Succincta descriptio<t: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 Riga<1> Derived terms la Rigensis Norwegian Bokmål nb: 250px|thumb|View of Riga from St. Peter's church in Latvia Etymology From nb lv Rīga Riga, where the origin is disputed: Possibly from nb liv ringa loop, referring to the ancient natural harbor formed by the tributary loop of the Daugava river. Possibly a form of de Riege, the nb de - name for the lv Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river. Possibly from lv rija threshing barn, the j becoming a g in German (note that en - geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that de - historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of lv Rīga from lv rija threshing barn, from nb liv rī’, liv rī’j or from nb et rehi, both from nb urj-fin-pro *riihi cabin for drying and threshing grain, from earlier urj-fin-pro *riŋeše. Pronunciation nb /ˈriːɡa/ nb nb-riga.ogg nb iːɡa nb Ri ga Proper noun nb proper noun nb capital city c/Latvia Riga nb Riga er Latvias økonomiske og kulturelle sentrum Riga is Latvia's economic and cultural center Derived terms nb rigabalsam Riga balm nb Rigabukten / nb Rigabukta Gulf of Riga References “Riga” in Store norske leksikon Anagrams nb gira Portuguese Pronunciation pt Ri ga Proper noun f pt capital city c/Latvia Riga Serbo-Croatian sh: Pronunciation Rīga sh ri ga Proper noun Rīga f sh capital city c/Latvia Riga Declension Rīga Rīgē Rīgi Rīgu Rīgo Rīgi Rīgōm Slovak sk: Pronunciation Proper noun f Rigy žena sk capital city c/Latvia Riga References Slovene sl: Pronunciation Ríga Proper noun Ríga f sl capital city c/Latvia Riga Declension Ríg sg Related terms sl Rížan / sl Rížanka sl ríški References Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun es capital city c/Latvia Riga Related terms es rigués Swedish Proper noun n sv capital city c/Latvia Riga Anagrams sv agir gira Turkish tr: Etymology tr :inh ota:ریغا<tr:Riga> + 1 Proper noun tr capital city c/Latvia Riga Declension Riga Riga'yı Riga'ya Riga'da Riga'dan Riga'nın