Riyadh
/ˈriː.æd/US/ɹiˈjɑːd/
Riyadh proper noun: the capital city of Saudi Arabia.
Proper noun
Riyadh
- The capital city of Saudi Arabia.
- 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.2025 May 27, Thomas Carothers, “A new low on US democracy support”, in POLITICO
- A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh.
- The government of Saudi Arabia.
- 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.2024 May 17, Alex Lawson, “‘Art-washing’? Unease as British cultural institutions lend lustre to Saudi trade push”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Riyadh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Riyadh in Hindi
- capital of Saudi Arabia
- रियाद riyād, रियाज़ riyāz
Riyadh in Tamil
- capital of Saudi Arabia
- ரியாத் riyāt
Riyadh in Marathi
- capital of Saudi Arabia
- रियाद riyād
Riyadh in Urdu
- capital of Saudi Arabia
- ریاض riyāz
More languagesFewer languages
- Riyadh in Bengali
- রিয়াদ riẏad
- Riyadh in Pashto
- رياض riyāz
- Riyadh in Arabic
- الرِّيَاض ar-riyāḍ
- Riyadh in Malay
- Riyadh
- Riyadh in Indonesian
- Riyadh
- Riyadh in Persian
- ریاض riyâz
- Riyadh in Thai
- ริยาด
- Riyadh in Vietnamese
- E-ri-át, Ri-i-át
- Riyadh in Myanmar
- ရီယာ့ဒ်မြို့ riyad.mrui.
Forms of Riyadh
| alternative form (obsolete) | Riad |
|---|
Origin of Riyadh
Borrowed from Arabic الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ, literally “the meadows”), from رَوْض (rawḍ, “meadow”).
Words that rhyme with Riyadh
Questions about Riyadh
- What does Riyadh mean?
- Riyadh means the capital city of Saudi Arabia.
- What is Riyadh in Hindi?
- Riyadh in Hindi is रियाद (riyād), रियाज़ (riyāz). See Riyadh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Riyadh?
- Riyadh is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Riyadh?
- Riyadh is pronounced /ˈriː.æd/ (UK).
Words near Riyadh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Riyadh (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Riyadh.wav.
Cite this entry: “Riyadh.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/riyadh. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.