Riga
Americannoun
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a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
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Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic between Latvia and Estonia. 90 miles (145 km) long.
noun
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Anthropologists Alessandro Riga and Luca Bachechi have recovered bone fragments from the site, some of which have been radiocarbon dated.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
A new office was set up in the Latvian capital Riga.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
She spent the majority of her career playing for TTT Riga, winning the Soviet title and the European Cup 15 times each.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Captain Harry Kane scored twice in the first half in Riga, taking him to 20 goals this season in 11 games for England and club Bayern Munich.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
Klava Fomicheva and her navigator, Galya Dzhunkovskaya, both of them long since recovered after parachuting from their burning plane that summer, flew one of these cold and dark missions over northerly Riga.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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