"Riga" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɹiːɡə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Riga.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iːɡə Etymology: From Latvian Rīga, of disputed origin: * Possibly from Livonian ringa (“loop”), referring to the ancient natural harbor formed by the tributary loop of the Daugava river. * 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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|lv|Rīga}} Latvian Rīga, {{der|en|liv|ringa||loop}} Livonian ringa (“loop”), {{m|de|Riege}} Riege, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{m|lv|Rīdzene}} Rīdzene, {{m|lv|rija||threshing barn}} rija (“threshing barn”), {{m+|en|-}} English, {{m+|de|-}} German, {{m|lv|Rīga}} Rīga, {{m|lv|rija}} rija Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Riga
  1. The capital city of Latvia. Categories (place): Cities in Latvia, National capitals, Places in Latvia, Riga Derived forms: Rigan Translations (capital of Latvia): Riga (Afrikaans), Riga [feminine] (Albanian), Rigë [feminine, indefinite] (Albanian), رِيغَا (rīḡā) [feminine] (Arabic), رِيجَا (rīgā) [feminine] (Arabic), ريجا (rīgā) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ريقا (rīga) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), Ռիգա (Ṙiga) (Armenian), Riqa (Azerbaijani), Ры́га (Rýha) [feminine] (Belarusian), Ры́ґа (Rýga) [Taraškievica, also, feminine] (Belarusian), রিগা (riga) (Bengali), Ри́га (Ríga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ရီဂါ (riga) (Burmese), Рі́ґа (Ríga) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 里加 (lei⁵ gaa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 里加 (Lǐjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), Riga [feminine] (Czech), Riga [neuter] (Danish), Riga [neuter] (Dutch), Rigo (Esperanto), Riia (Estonian), Riika (Finnish), Riga (French), რიგა (riga) (Georgian), Riga [neuter] (German), Ρίγα (Ríga) [feminine] (Greek), רִיגָה (ríga) [feminine] (Hebrew), रीगा (rīgā) [masculine] (Hindi), Riga (Hungarian), Ríga [feminine] (Icelandic), Riga (Indonesian), Ríge [feminine] (Irish), Riga [feminine] (Italian), リガ (Riga) (Japanese), Рига (Riga) (Kazakh), រីហ្កា (riigiə) (Khmer), 리가 (Riga) (Korean), Рига (Riga) (Kyrgyz), ຣີກາ (rī kā) (Lao), Reiga (Latgalian), Rīga [feminine] (Latvian), Ryga [feminine] (Lithuanian), Rīgõ (Livonian), Рига (Riga) [feminine] (Macedonian), Riga (Malay), Riga (Maltese), रिगा (rigā) [neuter] (Marathi), Рига (Riga) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Wiiga (Navajo), Rîga (Northern Kurdish), Riga (Norwegian Bokmål), ريګا (regã) [feminine] (Pashto), ریگا (rigâ) (Persian), Ryga [feminine] (Polish), Riga [feminine] (Portuguese), ਰੀਗਾ (rīgā) (Punjabi), Riga (Romanian), Ри́га (Ríga) [feminine] (Russian), Рига [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Riga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ryga [feminine] (Silesian), Riga [feminine] (Slovak), Riga [feminine] (Slovene), Riga [neuter] (Swedish), Рига (Riga) (Tajik), ரீகா (rīkā) (Tamil), Рига (Riga) (Tatar), รีกา (rii-gâa) (Thai), Riga (Turkish), Riga (Turkmen), Ри́га (Rýha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Ри́ґа (Rýga) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ریگا (rīgā) [masculine] (Urdu), رىگا (riga) (Uyghur), Riga (Uzbek), Ri-ga (Vietnamese), ריגע (rige) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Riga-en-name-jyCTKhwN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Rigas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga). Etymology templates: {{wp|Riga (surname)}}, {{bor|en|it|Riga}} Italian Riga, {{bor|en|el|Ρήγα}} Greek Ρήγα (Ríga) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Riga (plural Rigas)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Riga-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "rīgā",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Ṙiga",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "lang": "Burmese",
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          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "ရီဂါ"
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        {
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
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        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "lei⁵ gaa¹",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Lǐjiā",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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          ],
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Rigo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riika"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "რიგა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Ríga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ρίγα"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ríga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "רִיגָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "rīgā",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "रीगा"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Ríga"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Ríge"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "リガ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Рига"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "riigiə",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "រីហ្កា"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "리가"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Rîga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "Riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Рига"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "rī kā",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "ຣີກາ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Reiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Rīga"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ryga"
        },
        {
          "code": "liv",
          "lang": "Livonian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Rīgõ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "Riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Рига"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "rigā",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "रिगा"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "Рига"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Wiiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "regã",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ريګا"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "rigâ",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "ریگا"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ryga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "rīgā",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "ਰੀਗਾ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Ríga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ри́га"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Рига"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "szl",
          "lang": "Silesian",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ryga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Riga"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Riga",
          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
          "word": "Рига"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
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        },
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          "code": "tt",
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          "code": "th",
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          "code": "tr",
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        {
          "code": "tk",
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          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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          "code": "uk",
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
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        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "capital of Latvia",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        }
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːɡə"
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      "expansion": "Rīdzene",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "English",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "German",
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
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      "expansion": "rija",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːɡə/"
    },
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      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "Rigë"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رِيغَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rīgā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رِيجَا"
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      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "acw",
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      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ريقا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Ṙiga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Ռիգա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riqa"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Rýha",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ры́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Rýga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
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        "also",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ры́ґа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "রিগা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Ríga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ри́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "ရီဂါ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "Ríga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Рі́ґа"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lei⁵ gaa¹",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "里加"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Lǐjiā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "里加"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Rigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "რიგა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ríga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ρίγα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ríga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רִיגָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rīgā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "रीगा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ríga"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ríge"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "リガ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Рига"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "riigiə",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "រីហ្កា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "리가"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Rîga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Рига"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "rī kā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "ຣີກາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Reiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rīga"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ryga"
    },
    {
      "code": "liv",
      "lang": "Livonian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Rīgõ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Рига"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "rigā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "रिगा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Рига"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Wiiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "regã",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ريګا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rigâ",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "ریگا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ryga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "rīgā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "ਰੀਗਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Ríga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ри́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Рига"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ryga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Рига"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "rīkā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "ரீகா"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Рига"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rii-gâa",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "รีกา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Rýha",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ри́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Rýga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ри́ґа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rīgā",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ریگا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "riga",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "رىگا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Riga"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "word": "Ri-ga"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rige",
      "sense": "capital of Latvia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ריגע"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Riga"
  ],
  "word": "Riga"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English surnames from Greek",
    "English surnames from Italian",
    "English terms borrowed from Greek",
    "English terms borrowed from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Greek",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Riga (surname)"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "Riga"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian Riga",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "el",
        "3": "Ρήγα"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek Ρήγα (Ríga)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Rigas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Riga (plural Rigas)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Riga"
  ],
  "word": "Riga"
}

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