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Riyadh en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ɹiˈjɑːd/ (US)
• /ˈriː.æd/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ, literally “the meadows”), from رَوْض (rawḍ, “meadow”).

Meanings

1. The capital city of Saudi Arabia.
   • U.S. President Donald Trump delighted his Saudi hosts in Riyadh on May 13, telling them America wouldn’t be giving “lectures on how to live” under his watch. 2025 May 27, Thomas Carothers, “A new low on US democracy support”, in POLITICO:
2. A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh.
3. (metonymically) The government of Saudi Arabia.
   • Notable in the delegation was a significant contingent of cultural bodies, a move which immediately drew criticism that the Gulf state was “art-washing” – using Britain’s venerable institutions to improve its international image even as concerns over Riyadh’s human rights record continue to mount. 2024 May 17, Alex Lawson, “‘Art-washing’? Unease as British cultural institutions lend lustre to Saudi trade push”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Translations (78)

eu Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · vi Ri-i-át (capital of Saudi Arabia) · hy Էր Ռիադ (capital of Saudi Arabia) · sh Ријад (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ru Эр-Рия́д (capital of Saudi Arabia) · nb Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) · tr Riyad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · pt Riade (capital of Saudi Arabia) · tg Ар-Риёз (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ug رىياد (capital of Saudi Arabia) · vi E-ri-át (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ps رياض (capital of Saudi Arabia) · kmr Riyad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · cmn 利雅得 (capital of Saudi Arabia) · hi रियाज़ (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ba Әр-Рияд (capital of Saudi Arabia) · sv Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) · eo Riado (capital of Saudi Arabia) · sq Riadi (capital of Saudi Arabia) · mn Эр-Рияд (capital of Saudi Arabia) · am ሪያድ (capital of Saudi Arabia) · sk Rijád (capital of Saudi Arabia) · yi ריאַד (capital of Saudi Arabia) · fr Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · pl Rijad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · nl Riyad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ky Эр-Рияд (capital of Saudi Arabia) · yue 利雅得 (capital of Saudi Arabia) · bn রিয়াদ (capital of Saudi Arabia) · hu Rijád (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ga Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · be Эр-Рыя́д (capital of Saudi Arabia) · uk Ер-Рія́д (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ast Riyad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · tg Эр-Рияд (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ur ریاض (capital of Saudi Arabia) · io Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · th ริยาด (capital of Saudi Arabia) · tg Риёз (capital of Saudi Arabia) · af Riaad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ta ரியாத் (capital of Saudi Arabia) · hi रियाद (capital of Saudi Arabia) · he רִיַאד (capital of Saudi Arabia) · sh Rijad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · lv Rijāda (capital of Saudi Arabia) · fa ریاض (capital of Saudi Arabia) · mr रियाद (capital of Saudi Arabia) · sl Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · bg Рия́д (capital of Saudi Arabia) · el Ριάντ (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ko 리야드 (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ka ერ-რიადი (capital of Saudi Arabia) · km រីយ៉ាដ (capital of Saudi Arabia) · it Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · uz Ar-Riyod (capital of Saudi Arabia) · cs Rijád (capital of Saudi Arabia) · lt Rijadas (capital of Saudi Arabia) · gl Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · fi Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · mk Ријад (capital of Saudi Arabia) · az Ər-Riyad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · my ရီယာ့ဒ်မြို့ (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ca Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · bo རིས་ཡག (capital of Saudi Arabia) · is Ríad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · nn Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) · tk Er-Riýad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · tt Әр-Рияд (capital of Saudi Arabia) · de Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · fr Riyad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ms Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) · da Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) · kk Эр-Рияд (capital of Saudi Arabia) · id Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ar الرِّيَاض (capital of Saudi Arabia) · es Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ja リヤド (capital of Saudi Arabia) · ro Riad (capital of Saudi Arabia)