# Rijeka

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɹiːˈɛkə/ · frequency rank #93,088

## Definitions
1. A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rijeka