Rijeka

See also: rijeka

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

view of Rijeka at sunset

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

Proper noun

Rijeka

1. A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.

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
• French: Rijeka (fr) f, (dated) Fiume (fr) m
• Friulian: Sant Vît di Flum f, Flum dal Cjarnâr f
• Georgian: რიეკა (rieḳa)
• German: Rijeka 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)
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• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕیێکا (Řiyêka)

• Latin: Tarsatica f, Vītopolis f, Flūmen (la) n
• Ligurian: Sciumme f
• Marathi: रियेका f (riyekā)
• Ossetian: Риекӕ (Riekæ)
• Persian: رییکا (riyekâ)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: Ріє́ка f (Rijéka), Рі́ка f (Ríka)
• Urdu: ریئکا f (Rīyekā)
• Venetian: Fiume f
• Veps: Rijek

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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