RIGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Riga mean? 

• RIGA (noun)
  The noun RIGA has 1 sense:

1. a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League

  Familiarity information: RIGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Latvia; Riga

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Riga" is a part of...):

Latvia; Republic of Latvia (a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

Holonyms ("Riga" is a member of...):

Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)