Rijeka

See also: rijeka and Rijeką

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Rijéka/Рије́ка (literally “river”), calqued from Latin Flūmen, from flūmen.

Pronunciation

view of Rijeka at sunset

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɛkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈjɛkə/, /ɹiˈjɛkə/
• Rhymes: -ɛkə

Proper noun

Rijeka

1. A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.

Synonyms

• Fiume (chiefly historical)

Derived terms

• Rijekan

Translations

coastal city in Croatia

• Albanian: Rieka f
• Arabic: رِيِيكَا f (riyēka)
• Azerbaijani: Riyeka
• Belarusian: Рые́ка f (Ryjéka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 里耶卡 (Lǐyékǎ), 阜姆 (zh) (Fùmǔ)

• Danish: Rijeka c
• Esperanto: Rijeko
• Finnish: Rijeka (fi)
• French: Rijeka (fr) f, (dated) Fiume (fr) m
• Friulian: Sant Vît di Flum f, Flum dal Cjarnâr f
• Georgian: რიეკა (rieḳa)
• German: Rijeka (de) n, (dated) Sankt Veit am Flaum m, Sankt Veit am Pflaum m
• Greek: Ριέκα f (Riéka), Ριγιέκα f (Rigiéka), Ριγέκα f (Rigéka)
• Hebrew: רִיֶּקָה f (Riyéka)
• Hungarian: Fiume (hu), (dated) Szentvit
• Italian: Fiume (it) f
• Japanese: リエカ (Rieka)
• Korean: 리예카 (Riyeka)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕیێکا (ryêka)

• Latin: Tarsatica f, Vītopolis f, Flūmen (la) n
• Ligurian: Sciumme f
• Macedonian: Ри́ека f (Ríeka)
• Marathi: रियेका f (riyekā)
• Ossetian: Риекӕ (Riekæ)
• Ottoman Turkish: فيومه (Fiyume)
• Persian: رییکا (Riyekâ)
• Polish: Rijeka (pl) f
• Russian: Рие́ка f (Rijéka), (dated) Фиу́ме n (Fiúme)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рије́ка f

  Roman: Rijéka (sh) f

• Slovene: Rẹ́ka (sl) f
• Spanish: Rijeka (es) f
• Thai: รีเยกา (rii-yee-gaa), ฟีอูเม (fii-uu-mee)
• Turkish: Rijeka
• Ukrainian: Ріє́ка f (Rijéka), Рі́ка f (Ríka)
• Urdu: ریئکا f (Rīyekā)
• Venetian: Fiume f
• Veps: Rijek

Polish

Rijeka

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Рије́ка／Rijéka. Doublet of rzeka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈjɛ.ka/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Syllabification: Ri‧je‧ka

Proper noun

Rijeka f (related adjective rijecki)

1. Rijeka (a city in Croatia)

Declension

Declension of Rijeka

	singular
nominative	Rijeka
genitive	Rijeki
dative	Rijece
accusative	Rijekę
instrumental	Rijeką
locative	Rijece
vocative	Rijeko

Further reading

• Rijeka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From rijéka (“river”), calque of Latin Flūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rijěːka/
• Hyphenation: Ri‧je‧ka

Proper noun

Rijéka f (Cyrillic spelling Рије́ка)

1. Rijeka (a city in Croatia)

Declension

Declension of Rijeka

	singular
nominative	Rijéka
genitive	Rijékē
dative	Rijeci
accusative	Rijeku
vocative	Rijeko
locative	Rijeci
instrumental	Rijekom