Río

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Rio is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". It is often used as a nickname for Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil.

Rio or Río may also refer to:

Other locations

• Rio Grande, North American river
• Río Bec, Mayan archaeological site
• Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala
• Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico
• Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, USA
• Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, USA
• Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, USA
• Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, USA
• Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, USA
• Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras, Greece
• Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, USA

People

• Rio (Tina Yuzuki) (b. 1986), Japanese AV idol
• Rio Ferdinand (b. 1978), an English football player
• Rio Mavuba (b. 1984), a French football player
• Rio Reiser (1950-1996), German singer

Surname

• Alphonse Rio (1873-1949), a French politician and minister in the French Third Republic
• Michel Rio (b. in 1945), a French writer and novelist.
• Patrice Rio (b. in 1948), a former French footballer

Music

• Rio (album), a 1982 album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran
  • "Rio" (song), the title song from the above Duran Duran album
• Rio (Lee Ritenour album), a 1979 jazz album by Lee Ritenour
• Los del Rio, the Spanish music duo that gained international fame for their 1995 song "Macarena"
• Rock in Rio, an series of music festivals held in Brazil and Portugal
• Rock in Rio (album), a 2001 live album recorded in Brazil by the rock group Iron Maiden
• Rush in Rio, a 2003 live album by the rock group Rush
• RIO, for Rock in Opposition, a musical movement in the 1970s
• "Rio", a song by Michael Nesmith which appears on his 1977 album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing.

Technology

• Rio (digital audio players), a brand name of a line of digital audio players

Business

• Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, Nevada that opened in 1990
• Rio Tinto Group, a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873

Transportation

• Ford Del Rio, a 1950s station wagon made by Ford Motor Company
• Kia Rio, a 2000s subcompact car made by Kia Motors
• Panther Rio, a 1970s luxury sedan made by British car makers Panther Westwinds
• RIO, the IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro

Politics

• Rio Protocol of 1942, temporarily settled a border war between Peru and Ecuador
• Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, a 1992 global sustainable development plan
• Rio Treaty or Rio Pact of 1947, more formally known as the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
• Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity

Fiction

• Rio (film), a 1939 film starring Basil Rathbone.
• Rio, is a character in the anime series Shaman King.
• Rio Hinayama, a character in the 1997 visual novel To Heart
• Rio, a character in the web-show NX Files, running since 2005
• Rio, name of the main villain from the 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series, Juken Sentai Gekiranger.
• "Rio", the first episode in Season 5 (September 2006) of the American television program CSI: Miami
• "Rio", is the name of Jerrica Jem Benton's bodyfriend from the American animated television series of the same name.
• Rio (2011 film), is an upcoming animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios

Military

• RIO, Radar Intercept Officer.

Other

• rio, software.

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