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Rīga

Rīga is the alternative form of Riga.

Meaning of Riga

Proper noun (1)

Riga

  1. The capital city of Latvia.
    • [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.2014, Zigmunds Skujins, Flesh-Coloured Dominoes
  2. (metonymically) The Latvian government.
  3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lenawee County, Michigan.
  4. A town in Monroe County, New York.

Proper noun (2)

Riga (plural Rigas)

  1. A surname.

Questions about Rīga

What is Rīga the alternative form of?
Rīga is the alternative form of Riga.

Words near Rīga in the dictionary

  1. Răușeni
  2. Războieni
  3. Răzvad
  4. Rēzekne
  5. Rębów
  6. Rīga
  7. rōmaji
  8. rōmusha
  9. rōnin
  10. rōnins
  11. Rœulx

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rīga (page history and authors); Riga (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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