Meaning of ría | Babel Free

Definitions

Geographical coastal landform where a river valley is partially subducted under the sea level; similar to a firth, although usually translated into English cartography as bay

feminine

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Examples

“o dito seu lugar e vila da Proba ena ria dela”

said place and town of A Pobra [do Caramiñal] in its bay

“Et logo comesçou a rreparrar o castello do Est por gardar a terra dos ysmaelitas et normanos, que entrauã porla rria e estragauã toda a terra.”

And then he began to repair the castle of Oeste, for protecting the country from the Ismaelites and the Norsemen, who used to enter through the bay, then wasting all the land

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