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Riga

[ ree-guh ]

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
  2. Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic between Latvia and Estonia. 90 miles (145 km) long.


Riga

/ ˈriːɡə /

noun

  1. the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Western Dvina on the Baltic Sea: a port and major trading centre since Viking times. Pop: 739 232 (2002 est)


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Yet the Meduza office was full of hope and what the journalists described as a fundamental change—they felt free in Riga.

That the Baltic free air and Riga's welcoming vibe could make her colleagues "too relaxed."

Now, the former KGB headquarters are open and exposing the horrors committed against the people of Riga.

Suggest Warsaw, Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn keep an eye out for masked men with guns wearing camouflage and no military insignia.

Talk about keeping the race pure: at Riga they first slept with them and then shot them to prevent them from talking.

Up betimes and to my office all the morning with Captain Cocke ending their account of their Riga contract for hemp.

The crew from the Iris were at once landed at Riga, and only Mackintosh and my father put to sea again.

Riga, on the gulf beyond Mittau, is a fine old town of pointed gables and high stone houses.

In Riga the burghers burnt the church and chapel of the Order and killed sixty of the convent brothers .

Jews from Riga and Libau are brigaded with huge Siberians, whose marching must constitute a world record.

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