La Rioja

See also: rioja and Rioja

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

La Rioja

2. An autonomous community and province in northern Spain. Capital: Logroño.
4. A province of Argentina.
6. The capital of La Rioja province, Argentina.

Translations

autonomous community and province

• Arabic: لَا رِيُوخَا f (lā riyūḵā), الرِّيُوخَة f (ar-riyūḵa)
• Asturian: La Rioxa f
• Basque: Errioxa
• Catalan: La Rioja
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉里奧哈 / 拉里奥哈 (Lālǐ'àohā)

• Esperanto: Rioĥo
• Galician: A Rioxa (gl)
• Hindi: ला रियोख़ा f (lā riyoxā)
• Korean: 라리오하 (rarioha)
• Marathi: ला र्‍योहा (lā r‍yohā), ला र्‍योखा (lā r‍yokhā)
• Polish: La Rioja (pl) f
• Portuguese: La Rioja (pt) f, Rioja f
• Spanish: La Rioja (es)
• Swedish: La Rioja

Catalan

Proper noun

La Rioja f

1. La Rioja (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)

Derived terms

• riojà

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish La Rioja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla ˈrjɔ.xa/

Proper noun

La Rioja f (indeclinable)

1. La Rioja (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)
2. La Rioja (a province of Argentina)
3. La Rioja (the capital of La Rioja province, Argentina)

Further reading

• La Rioja in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Rioja

Proper noun

La Rioja f

1. La Rioja (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

The province in Argentina is named after the region in Spain. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la ˈrjoxa/ [la ˈrjo.xa]
• Syllabification: La Rio‧ja

Proper noun

La Rioja f

1. La Rioja (an autonomous community and province in northern Spain)
2. La Rioja (a province of Argentina)
3. La Rioja (the capital of La Rioja province, Argentina)

Related terms

• riojano