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Riga

American  
[ree-guh] / ˈri gə /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.

  2. Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic between Latvia and Estonia. 90 miles (145 km) long.

Riga British  
/ ˈriːɡə /

noun

  1. the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Western Dvina on the Baltic Sea: a port and major trading centre since Viking times. Pop: 739 232 (2002 est)

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In December 2024, Joseph took an Air Baltic flight to the Latvian capital Riga.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

Manchester City's brilliant 25-year-old was, along with Bellingham, a stand-out exclusion from Tuchel's squad for the friendly against Wales and the World Cup qualifier against Latvia in Riga.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

Captain Harry Kane missed the Wales match, but Tuchel said before the game he was "convinced" the Bayern Munich striker would be available in Riga.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 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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