rize

R1I1Z10E1

proper noun

A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

rize1

verbrize (third-person singular simple present rizes, present participle rizing, simple past roze, past participle rizen)

present singular third person rizes · participle present rizing · past roze · participle past rizen

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of rise.
    1 more example

    Thus long the dore with rage and threats he bet, Yet of those fearfull women none durst rize, The Lyon frayed them, him in to let: 165 He would no longer stay him to advize,[*] But open breakes the dore in furious wize, And entring is; when that disdainfull beast Encountring fierce, him suddaine doth surprize, And seizing cruell clawes on trembling brest, 170 Under his Lordly foot him proudly hath supprest.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, chapter XIX, in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, published 1921
  2. pronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of rise.

    Go on, lay me right here as I lay now; but I'll rize agen you, and the day'll come when you'd give every dollar ye're worth to dig me up, and give me life agen."

    1905, Max Pemberton, The Iron Pirate

Rize2

proper noun
  1. A province in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.
  2. A district of Rize Province, Turkey.
  3. A municipality, the capital of Rize district and Rize Province, Turkey.

Origin

  1. TurkishRize
  2. EnglishRize

From Turkish Rize.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 里澤 /里泽
  • 里澤 /里泽 (Lǐzé)city and province in Turkey
Russian Ризе
  • Ризе (Rize)city and province in Turkey

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APA

rize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rize

MLA

“rize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rize.

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