RIO

(Redirected from RIO)

'Rio' is the Portuguese and Spanish (in which it is spelled ''río'') word for "river". Aside from its use in the name of many rivers (see especially Rio Grande/Río Bravo del Norte), Rio or RIO is used in a number of other ways.

Contents

Place names, other than rivers:

People

Music

Business

Technology

Politics

Fiction

Other

Place names, other than rivers:

★ In Latin America:

★
★ Rio de Janeiro, second major city and a state in Brazil (the city is commonly known as just "Rio")

★
★ Rio Bec, a Mayan archaeological site

★
★ Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala.

★
★ Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico

★ In the United States:

★
★ Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County

★
★ Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County

★
★ Rio, New York, a community in Orange County

★
★ Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County

★
★ Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County

★ In Europe:

★
★ Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras

People

★ Rio Ferdinand, an English football player

★ Radar Intercept Officer, RIO, also Naval Flight Officer

Music

★ ''Rio'' (album), a 1982 album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran

★
★ Rio (song), the hit title song from that album

★ Rio (band), a Peruvian rock band

★ Rock in Rio, music festival in Brazil and Portugal

★
★ ''Rock in Rio'' (album), a live album by the rock group Iron Maiden

★
★ ''Rush in Rio'', a live album by the rock group Rush

★ Rock in Opposition, a musical movement

Business

★ Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, Nevada

★ Regional Interface Operation, in finance

Technology

★ Radar Intercept Officer, a back-seat weapons and targeting systems operator in United States Navy aircraft

★ Reference Interconnect Offer, in telecommunication

★ Rio (digital audio players)

★ Rio (program), the windowing system of the Plan 9 operating system

★ RiO (program), an electronic patient record system for the British NHS

★ Kia Rio, a 2000s subcompact car made by Kia Motors

★ Ford Del Rio, a 1950s station wagon made by Ford Motor Company

★ Panther Rio, a 1970s luxury sedan made by British car makers Panther Westwinds

★ RIO, a remote input/output device used in control and data aqusition

Politics

★ The Rio Protocol of 1942, temporarily settled a border war between Peru and Ecuador

★ The ''Rio Treaty'' or ''Rio Pact'' of 1947, more formally known as the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance

★ The Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states

★ The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, a 1992 global sustainable development plan

★ The Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the Convention on Biological Diversity

Fiction

★ "Wooden Sword" Ryu, known as Rio in the English-language anime version of ''Shaman King''

★ Rio Hinayama, a character in ''ToHeart''

★ Rio, a character in the ''Metroid'' series of video games

★ Rio (NX Files), a fictional character in an action adventure web-show called NX Files.

Other

★ ''Rio'' (drink), a canned sparkling soft drink (formerly 'Rio Riva') made from fruit juices and spring water marketed in the UK by Hall & Woodhouse Ltd.