ría

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Galician

Ría de Ferrol / Ferrol bay
Ría de Ortigueira / Ortigueira bay

Etymology 1

Attested since 1432. From río (river).

Pronunciation

Noun

ría f (plural rías)

  1. (geography) Geographical coastal landform where a river valley is partially subducted under the sea level; similar to a firth, although usually translated into English cartography as bay
    Synonyms: abra, esteiro
    • 1448, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 560:
      o dito seu lugar e vila da Proba ena ria dela
      said place and town of A Pobra in its bay
    • 1460, Rui Vasques, Crónica de Santa María de Iria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 135:
      Et logo comesçou a rreparrar o castello do Est por gardar a terra dos ysmaelitas et normanos, que entrauã porla rria e estragauã toda a terra.
      And then he began to repair the castle of Oeste, for protecting the country from the Ismaelites and the Norsemen, who used to enter through the bay, then wasting all the land
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Etymology 2

Verb

ría

  1. inflection of rir:
    1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈria/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: rí‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Galician ría. Doublet of río.

Noun

ría f (plural rías)

  1. mouth of a river, estuary
    Synonym: desembocadura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ría

  1. inflection of reír:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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