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.

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Place names, other than rivers:

People

Music

Business

Technology

Politics

Fiction

Other

Place names, other than rivers:

★ In Latin America:

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

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★ Rio Bec, a Mayan archaeological site

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★ Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala.

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★ Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico

★ In the United States:

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★ Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County

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★ Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County

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★ Rio, New York, a community in Orange County

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★ Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County

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★ Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County

★ In Europe:

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★ 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

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

★ Rio (band), a Peruvian rock band

★ Rock in Rio, music festival in Brazil and Portugal

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

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★ ''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.