ria
/ˈɹiːə/noun
ria is a noun meaning “A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-A and has 2 syllables, and it appears 1.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Ria, the name). The plural of ria is rias.
What does ria mean?
noun
- 1
A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.
noun
- 1
Initialism of rich Internet application.
- 2
Initialism of radioimmunoassay.
- 3
Initialism of Reactivity-Initiated Accident.
- 4
Initialism of registered investment adviser.
- 5
Initialism of Regulatory Impact Assessment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ria?
- UK /ˈɹiːə/
Ria has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ria
- rias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ria?
Ria appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Ria, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ria in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ria come from?
From German Ria, from Spanish ría (“inlet, estuary”), from Galician ría, from Galician río, from Latin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).