Etymology

Riyadh

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Today it means: The capital city of Saudi Arabia. Full definition →

Arabic الرِّيَاض
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالرِّيَاض
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromالرِّيَاض
  3. English todayRiyadh

Borrowed from Arabic الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ, literally “the meadows”), from رَوْض (rawḍ, “meadow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.