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ria

/riːə/UK/ˈɹiːə/

ria noun: a narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.

ria: a narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley
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Noun (1)

ria (plural rias)

  1. A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.
    • Flinders had advised Baudin to stop in Port Jackson (the ria of what is now Sydney) when in need of refreshment […].2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 49

Noun (2) capitalized: RIA

RIA (plural RIAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of rich Internet application.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism, nuclear industry) Initialism of radioimmunoassay.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, nuclear industry) Initialism of Reactivity-Initiated Accident.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of registered investment adviser.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Regulatory Impact Assessment.

Proper noun capitalized: Ria

Ria

  1. A female given name derived from Maria.

Forms of ria

pluralrias
pluralRIAs

Plural of ria: rias

Origin of ria

From German Ria, from Spanish ría (“inlet, estuary”), from Galician ría, from Galician río, from Latin.

Diminutive of Maria.

Words that rhyme with ria

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Questions about ria

What does ria mean?
Ria means a narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.
What part of speech is ria?
Ria can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ria?
Ria is pronounced /ˈɹiːə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ria?
The plural of ria is rias.

Words near ria in the dictionary

  1. Rhône-Alpes
  2. rhönite
  3. ri
  4. Ri-Bhoi
  5. Ri-Ri
  6. ria
  7. RIAA
  8. Riaan
  9. Riaba
  10. Riachella
  11. riad

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ria (page history and authors); RIA (page history and authors); Ria (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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