La Rioja

See also: rioja and Rioja

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

La Rioja

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

Translations

autonomous community and province

• Asturian: La Rioxa f
• Basque: Errioxa
• Catalan: La Rioja
• Esperanto: Rioĥo
• Galician: A Rioxa (gl)
• 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 of Spain; capital: Logroño)

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 of Spain; capital: Logroño)
2. La Rioja (a province of Argentina)
3. La Rioja (the capital of La Rioja, 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 of Spain; capital: Logroño)

Spanish

Etymology

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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 of Spain; capital: Logroño)
2. La Rioja (a province of Argentina)

Related terms

• riojano