Riga

Definitions

1. The capital city of Latvia.
2. A surname.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“The architecture of Rīga has changed many times over the course of the centuries, and the city now reflects these changes.”

“Much of western Latvia is within day-trip distance of Rīga.”

“But the Foreign Ministry’s new exhibit focuses on the years of 1990 – 1991, when a new generation of inexperienced but decidedly determined diplomats in Rīga began to rebuild⟳ Latvia’s diplomatic corps and re-establish Latvia’s foreign relations with the rest⟳ of the world.”

“Sitting at the crossroads of the great empires that wrote the pages of Europe’s elaborate history, Rīga was – for centuries – a strategic linchpin in the annexation of important lands, until it was smothered into obscurity when the Iron⟳ Curtain fell.”

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