ria
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
Origin of ria
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How to use ria in a sentence
No rias; Men mai, &c.: que todos son Subjuntivos sin expresar el adverbio ecue, que quiere decir no.
A Vocabulary or Phrase Book of the Mutsun Language, Spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California | Father Felipe Arroyo de la CuestaThey were not long in finding two Indian villages, which proved to be those of the "Pewa-rias" and "Moing-wenas."
Old Mackinaw | W. P. Strickland.Las rias o peleas de gallos se consideran tambin como un espectculo salvaje en los pases ms adelantados de la Amrica espaola.
Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader | Ernesto NelsonSidi Hamet was called, and asked by Rias Abdallah if he would sell some of the stones they had saved from the infidel ship.
The Boy Slaves | Mayne ReidRias Richardson, who had donned the carpet slippers preparatory to tending store for the day, shuffled inside.
Coniston, Complete | Winston Churchill
British Dictionary definitions for ria (1 of 2)
/ (ˈriːə) /
a long narrow inlet of the seacoast, being a former valley that was submerged by a rise in the level of the sea. Rias are found esp on the coasts of SW Ireland and NW Spain
Origin of ria
1British Dictionary definitions for RIA (2 of 2)
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