Riyadh

From Arabic الرِّيَاض (ar-riyāḍ, literally “the meadows”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈjɑːd/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈriːæd/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd

Riyadh

2. A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh.
4. The capital city of Saudi Arabia.
   • 2025 May 27, Thomas Carothers, “A new low on US democracy support”, in POLITICO‎^[1]:

     U.S. President Donald Trump delighted his Saudi hosts in Riyadh on May 13, telling them America wouldn’t be giving “lectures on how to live” under his watch.

5. (metonymic) The government of Saudi Arabia.
   • 2024 May 17, Alex Lawson, “‘Art-washing’? Unease as British cultural institutions lend lustre to Saudi trade push”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Notable in the delegation was a significant contingent of cultural bodies, a move which immediately drew criticism that the Gulf state was “art-washing” – using Britain’s venerable institutions to improve its international image even as concerns over Riyadh’s human rights record continue to mount.

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Riyadh ?

1. alternative form of Riade