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Rijeka

proper noun

  1. city in Croatia
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɛkə/ / /ɹɪˈjɛkə/ / /ɹiˈjɛkə/

name

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

  1. A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.