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Explore Rijeka through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Rijeka in a sentence

Rijeka meaning

A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.

Using Rijeka

  • The main meaning on this page is: A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.
  • In the example corpus, rijeka often appears in combinations such as: rijeka and, rijeka on, rijeka as.

Context around Rijeka

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

legs 1× beat 1× cities 1× hnk 1× connecting 1×

Often after:

went 1× away 1×

Sentence patterns with Rijeka

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

beat hnk rijeka 2 0 1× both legs rijeka were superior 1× croatian cities rijeka and split 1× died between rijeka and opatija 1× leg against rijeka as well 1× port of rijeka on the 1× reported from rijeka and richard 1× rijeka went into 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

barbara surk reported 1× e g big 1× eric dier and 1× feyenoord also beat 1× rijeka went into 1× the highway a6 1×

Common sentence endings:

a top team 1× aberdeen s mistakes 1× both via zagreb 1× club on sunday 1× ended 0 0 1× european corridor vb 1×

Words around Rijeka

Just before it in the word index:

rijana 2 rijal 2 rij 2 riise 5 riisalo 7 riis 17

Just after it in the word index:

rijen 2 rijiju 38 rijiya 2 rijk 2 rijkaard 6 rijke 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Rijeka

  • In this selection, "rijeka" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, legs, beat, cities, went and away stand out and add context to how "rijeka" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include beat hnk rijeka 2 0 and both legs rijeka were superior. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rijeka" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rijeka

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Barbara Surk reported from Rijeka, and Richard Pérez-Peña from London. (11 words)

We have beaten some massive teams here and we beat Rijeka away, who were a top team. (17 words)

The journey from Zagreb to Rijeka will be cut to one hour compared to 4 hours with the existing track. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Feyenoord also beat HNK Rijeka (2-0) and defending champion Sevilla FC (2-0) in their own stadium and that was enough for Feyenoord to reach the knock out rounds for the first time in 10 years. (37 words)

Eric Dier and Harry Kane hit the woodwork either side of half-time in Rijeka, where Ross Barkley saw a penalty appeal rejected and Marcus Rashford wasted two great chances as the match ended 0-0. (36 words)

There is not the daylight between the sides that the aggregate score suggests, but over both legs Rijeka were superior in the key moments and ruthlessly punished Aberdeen’s mistakes. (30 words)

Example sentences (14)

It was always going to be a tall order for the Reds to progress from the Europa League third qualifying round tie with Rijeka on Thursday.

There is not the daylight between the sides that the aggregate score suggests, but over both legs Rijeka were superior in the key moments and ruthlessly punished Aberdeen’s mistakes.

This has included the Europa League third qualifying round tie home leg against Rijeka, as well as the Betfred Cup win at Dens Park against his old club on Sunday.

Barbara Surk reported from Rijeka, and Richard Pérez-Peña from London.

Eric Dier and Harry Kane hit the woodwork either side of half-time in Rijeka, where Ross Barkley saw a penalty appeal rejected and Marcus Rashford wasted two great chances as the match ended 0-0.

Rijeka went into the game with the aim of continuing from where they left off last season in the Croatian top flight league - where they finished second to Dinamo Zagreb.

We have beaten some massive teams here and we beat Rijeka away, who were a top team.

E.g., big coastal Croatian cities Rijeka and Split together with their hinterland become basically completely Štokavianised during the 20th century, which had been Čakavian-speaking urban centres.

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Feyenoord also beat HNK Rijeka (2-0) and defending champion Sevilla FC (2-0) in their own stadium and that was enough for Feyenoord to reach the knock out rounds for the first time in 10 years.

The highway A6 was upgraded in October 2008 and leads from Zagreb to Rijeka, and forming a part of the Pan-European Corridor Vb.

The journey from Zagreb to Rijeka will be cut to one hour compared to 4 hours with the existing track.

The largest seaport with the deepest channel to a port in the Adriatic is Port of Rijeka on the northern Croatian coast, followed by Ploče in southern Dalmatia.

The most significant railways in Croatia are found within the Pan-European transport corridors Vb and X connecting Rijeka to Budapest and Ljubljana to Belgrade, both via Zagreb.

There is a plaque dedicated to him in the town of Volosko where he died (between Rijeka and Opatija in present-day Croatia ).

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Common combinations with rijeka

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "rijeka" mean?
Rijeka means: A coastal city in northwestern Croatia.
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