Meanings
alternative obsolete Riad
- 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.
- metonymicallyThe 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
Origin
- Arabicالرِّيَاض
- Arabicالرِّيَاض
- EnglishRiyadh
Borrowed from Arabic الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ, literally “the meadows”), from رَوْض (rawḍ, “meadow”).
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Afrikaans Riaad
- Riaadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Arabic الرِّيَاض
- الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ)capital of Saudi Arabia
Basque Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Bengali রিয়াদ
- রিয়াদ (riẏad)capital of Saudi Arabia
Bulgarian Рия́д
- Рия́д (Rijád)capital of Saudi Arabia
Catalan Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Chinese Cantonese 利雅得
- 利雅得 (lei⁶ ngaa⁵ dak¹)capital of Saudi Arabia
Chinese Mandarin 利雅得
- 利雅得 (Lìyǎdé)capital of Saudi Arabia
Czech Rijád
- Rijádcapital of Saudi Arabia
Danish Riyadh
- Riyadhcapital of Saudi Arabia
Dutch Riyad
- Riyadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Esperanto Riado
- Riadocapital of Saudi Arabia
Finnish Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
French Riyad, Riad
- Riyadcapital of Saudi Arabia
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
German Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Greek Ριάντ
- Ριάντ (Riánt)capital of Saudi Arabia
Hebrew רִיַאד
- רִיַאד (riyad)capital of Saudi Arabia
Hindi रियाद, रियाज़
- रियाद (riyād)capital of Saudi Arabia
- रियाज़ (riyāz)capital of Saudi Arabia
Hungarian Rijád
- Rijádcapital of Saudi Arabia
Icelandic Ríad
- Ríadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Indonesian Riyadh
- Riyadhcapital of Saudi Arabia
Irish Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Italian Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Japanese リヤド
- リヤド (Riyado)capital of Saudi Arabia
Korean 리야드
- 리야드 (Riyadeu)capital of Saudi Arabia
Latvian Rijāda
- Rijādacapital of Saudi Arabia
Lithuanian Rijadas
- Rijadascapital of Saudi Arabia
Malay Riyadh
- Riyadhcapital of Saudi Arabia
Norwegian Bokmål Riyadh
- Riyadhcapital of Saudi Arabia
Persian ریاض
- ریاض (riyâz)capital of Saudi Arabia
Polish Rijad
- Rijadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Portuguese Riade
- Riadecapital of Saudi Arabia
Romanian Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Russian Эр-Рия́д
- Эр-Рия́д (Er-Rijád)capital of Saudi Arabia
Slovak Rijád
- Rijádcapital of Saudi Arabia
Spanish Riad
- Riadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Swedish Riyadh
- Riyadhcapital of Saudi Arabia
Tamil ரியாத்
- ரியாத் (riyāt)capital of Saudi Arabia
Thai ริยาด
- ริยาดcapital of Saudi Arabia
Turkish Riyad
- Riyadcapital of Saudi Arabia
Ukrainian Ер-Рія́д
- Ер-Рія́д (Er-Rijád)capital of Saudi Arabia
Urdu ریاض
- ریاض (riyāz)capital of Saudi Arabia
Vietnamese E-ri-át, Ri-i-át
- E-ri-átcapital of Saudi Arabia
- Ri-i-átcapital of Saudi Arabia
Yiddish ריאַד
- ריאַד (ryad)capital of Saudi Arabia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Riyadh
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Cite this entry
Riyadh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riyadh
“Riyadh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riyadh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Riyadh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Riyadh.
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