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Rike

//ɹaɪk// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Norwegian.
Verb
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of like. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

Results from the difficulty of pronouncing the phoneme /l/ for L1 speakers of many Far East languages.

Etymology 2

From the Norwegian surname, from Old Norse ríki (“power, rule, realm”). Also an Americanized variant of German Reich.

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