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語源 1

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).

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹiːɡə/
• 韻: -iːɡə

固有名詞

Riga

1. The capital city of Latvia.

   Alternative form: Rīga

   • 2014, Zigmunds Skujins, Flesh-Coloured Dominoes:

     [The city is] at least ten Rigas and Jelgavas put together! Palace upon palace, bridge upon bridge, tower upon tower.

派生語

• Rigan

語源 2

Borrowed from Italian Riga and Greek Ρήγα (Ríga).

固有名詞

Riga (plural Rigas)

1. A surname.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Riga is the 40082 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 547 individuals. Riga is most common among White (93.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Riga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• ragi, Gair, Ağrı, agri, agri-, gari

固有名詞

Riga f sg (genitive Rigae); first declension

1. Riga (the capital city of Latvia)
   • 1578, Alexander Guagnini, Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae Regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Masouiam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Liuoniam, et Moschouiae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur [Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary], Liuoniae totius cum suis Prouinciis, Ciuitatibus, Castris, et Commendaturis, siue Palatinatibus, etc. Succincta descriptio [A succinct description of the whole of Livonia, with its provinces, cities, castles, and commanderies or palatinates, etc.], folio 3r:

     Blokavs Munitio inter Rigam & Dinamunt ad Dwinam condita

     Blokaus is a fortification built on the Dvina between Riga and Dünamünde.

語形変化

First-declension noun, singular only.

派生語

• Rigensis