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rijeka

/ɹɪˈjɛkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
ri-je-ka
IPA
/ɹɪˈjɛkə/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Rijéka, Flūmen

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɪˈjɛkə/
  • British English: /ɹiːˈɛkə/

Derived Forms

Rijekan

Synonyms

Fiume

Rhymes With

rebecca mecca tribeca mecha deca merdeka ekka giudecca hecka cueca

Questions

How do you pronounce rijeka?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈjɛkə/.
What does rijeka mean?
A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.
Where does rijeka come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce rijeka

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