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riad

riad noun: a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden.

riad: a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden
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Noun

riad (plural riads)

  1. A traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden.
    • A beautiful riad, full of the works of one of the proprietors, who is a painter and sculptor as well as an interior designer.2010, Daniel Jacobs, The Rough Guide to Morocco, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: Riad

Riad

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of Riyadh

Forms of riad

pluralriads
alternative formriyad

Origin of riad

From Arabic رِيَاض (riyāḍ)

Questions about riad

What does riad mean?
Riad means a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden.
What part of speech is riad?
Riad can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of riad?
The plural of riad is riads.

Words near riad in the dictionary

  1. ria
  2. RIAA
  3. Riaan
  4. Riaba
  5. Riachella
  6. riad
  7. riads
  8. RIAF
  9. riah
  10. rial
  11. rials

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