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Riyadh

//ɹiˈjɑːd// name

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  1. 1
    A province of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh.
  2. 2
    The capital city of Saudi Arabia.

    "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."

  3. 3
    The government of Saudi Arabia. metonymically

    "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."

Etymology

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

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