Meanings
Riga1
- 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 - metonymicallyThe Latvian government.
- A place in the United States:
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lenawee County, Michigan.
- A town in Monroe County, New York.
Riga2
Origin
Riga · proper noun
- LatvianRīga
- EnglishRiga
From Latvian Rīga, of disputed origin: * Possibly a form of Riege, the German name for the Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava river. * Possibly from rija (“threshing barn”), the j becoming a g in German (note that English geographer Richard Hakluyt calls the city Rie in 1589, and that German historian Dionysius Fabricius confirms in 1610 the origin of Rīga from rija).
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- GreekΡήγα
- ItalianRiga
- EnglishRiga
Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Arabic رِيغَا, رِيجَا
- رِيغَا (rīḡā)capital of Latvia
- رِيجَا (rīgā)capital of Latvia
Bengali রিগা
- রিগা (riga)capital of Latvia
Bulgarian Ри́га
- Ри́га (Ríga)capital of Latvia
Chinese Cantonese 里加
- 里加 (lei⁵ gaa¹)capital of Latvia
Chinese Mandarin 里加
- 里加 (Lǐjiā)capital of Latvia
Czech Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Danish Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Dutch Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Esperanto Rigo
- Rigocapital of Latvia
Estonian Riia
- Riiacapital of Latvia
Finnish Riika
- Riikacapital of Latvia
French Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
German Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Greek Ρίγα
- Ρίγα (Ríga)capital of Latvia
Hebrew רִיגָה
- רִיגָה (ríga)capital of Latvia
Hindi रीगा
- रीगा (rīgā)capital of Latvia
Hungarian Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Icelandic Ríga
- Rígacapital of Latvia
Indonesian Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Irish Ríge
- Rígecapital of Latvia
Italian Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Japanese リガ
- リガ (Riga)capital of Latvia
Korean 리가
- 리가 (Riga)capital of Latvia
Latvian Rīga
- Rīgacapital of Latvia
Lithuanian Ryga
- Rygacapital of Latvia
Malay Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Norwegian Bokmål Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Persian ریگا
- ریگا (rigâ)capital of Latvia
Polish Ryga
- Rygacapital of Latvia
Portuguese Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Punjabi ਰੀਗਾ
- ਰੀਗਾ (rīgā)capital of Latvia
Romanian Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Russian Ри́га
- Ри́га (Ríga)capital of Latvia
Slovak Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Spanish Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Swedish Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Tamil ரீகா
- ரீகா (rīkā)capital of Latvia
Thai รีกา
- รีกา (rii-gâa)capital of Latvia
Turkish Riga
- Rigacapital of Latvia
Ukrainian Ри́га, Ри́ґа
- Ри́га (Rýha)capital of Latvia
- Ри́ґа (Rýga)capital of Latvia
Urdu ریگا
- ریگا (rīgā)capital of Latvia
Vietnamese Ri-ga
- Ri-gacapital of Latvia
Yiddish ריגע
- ריגע (rige)capital of Latvia
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Riga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riga
“Riga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riga. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Riga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riga.
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