Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "

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Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to:

Geography

Brazil

Rio do Sul Rio do Sul is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. One of the postcards of the city is the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Other important buildings are Ponte dos Arcos, a former railway station and Ge ...

, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Mexico

Río Bec Río Bec is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located in what is now southern portion of the Mexican state of Campeche. The name also refers to an architectural style (Río Bec Style) that first appeared at Río Bec and subsequently sprea ...

, a Mayan archaeological site in Mexico *

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, a city in Mexico

United States

* Rio, a location in

Deerpark, New York Deerpark is a town in the western part of Orange County, New York, United States, and part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 Census, the population was at 7,509. The center of population of New York is located in Cuddebackville, ...

, US *

Rio, Florida Rio is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 980 at the 2020 census. Rio is pronounced locally as if it were spelled "Rye-oh". It is part of the Port St. Lucie Me ...

, a census-designated place in Martin County, US *

Rio, Georgia Rio is an unincorporated community in Spalding County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States ...

, an unincorporated community in Spalding County, US *

Rio, Illinois Rio is a village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 220 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. Rio is pronounced "Rye-Oh". Geography Rio is in the northwest corner of Knox County ...

, a village in Knox County, US *

Rio, Virginia Rio (, ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Albemarle County, Virginia. It is directly northeast of Charlottesville Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virg ...

, a community in Albemarle County, US *

Rio, West Virginia Rio (pronounced RYE-O) is an unincorporated community in southern Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Rio is located just north of the Hardy County line at the crossroads of Augusta-Ford Hill Road (West Virginia Secondary Route ...

, a village in Hampshire County, US *

Rio, Wisconsin Rio (pronounced "rye-oh") is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,059 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village rests primarily in the town of Otsego. The Vi ...

, a village in Columbia County, US *

El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico El Río is a barrio in the municipality of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,096. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and bec ...

, a barrio *

Río Arriba, Añasco, Puerto Rico Río Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 138. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became ...

, a barrio *

Río Arriba, Arecibo, Puerto Rico Río Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 858. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became ...

, a barrio *

Río Arriba, Fajardo, Puerto Rico Río Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,377. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became ...

, a barrio *

Río Arriba, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Río Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 352. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and beca ...

, a barrio *

Río Abajo, Ceiba, Puerto Rico Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 884. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an u ...

, a barrio *

Río Abajo, Cidra, Puerto Rico Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,097. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a ...

, a barrio *

Río Abajo, Humacao, Puerto Rico Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,495. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became ...

, a barrio *

Río Abajo, Utuado, Puerto Rico Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 237. It is an isolated, rural barrio in the Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), the mountain range that goes east to west across the center of Puerto Rico ...

, a barrio *

Río Abajo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,795. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and beca ...

, a barrio *

Rio Creek, Wisconsin Rio Creek is an unincorporated community located off Wisconsin Highway 54 in the towns of Casco and Lincoln, in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state ...

, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, US *

Rio Grande Valley (Texas) The Lower Rio Grande Valley ( es, Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. Th ...

, a location in south Texas *

RIO Washingtonian Center RIO Washingtonian Center, stylized as rio, is a hybrid power center and lifestyle center with shopping, restaurants, and entertainment in Gaithersburg, Maryland located immediately south of the interchange between Interstate 270 and 370. The or ...

(also stylized as rio), a shopping center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US

Elsewhere

Rio, Italy Rio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, located on the island of Elba. The municipality is formed by the towns of Rio Marina, Rio nell'Elba, Cavo and Bagnaia, and the villages of Capo d'Arco, Nisportino, Ni ...

, a municipality on the island of Elba in Tuscany *

Rio, Greece Rio ( el, Ρίο, ''Río'', formerly , ''Rhíon''; Latin: ''Rhium'') is a town in the suburbs of Patras and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, o ...

, a community in suburban Patras *

Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez Río Bravo is a town, with a population of 15,391 (2018 census),Citypopulation.de
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, a town in Guatemala *

Rio Grande (disambiguation) Rio Grande is a river flowing to the Gulf of Mexico, forming a part of the Mexican-United States border. Rio Grande may also refer to: Rivers Argentina * Río Grande (Mendoza), a tributary of Colorado Rivere in Argentina Bolivia * Río Grande ...

Río Muni Río Muni (called ''Mbini'' in Fang) is the Continental Region (called ''Región Continental'' in Spanish) of Equatorial Guinea, and comprises the mainland geographical region, covering . The name is derived from the Muni River, along which ...

, the mainland of Equatorial Guinea *

Rio Tuba Bataraza, officially the Municipality of Bataraza ( tgl, Bayan ng Bataraza), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 85,439 people. The municipality was named aft ...

, a barrio in the province of Palawan, Philippines

People

Given name or nickname

*, Japanese actress *, Japanese actress *

Rio Ferdinand Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and is now a television pundit for BT Sport. He played 81 times for the England national team between 1997 and 2011, and was ...

(born 1978), English football player *

Rio Haryanto Rio Haryanto (born 22 January 1993) is an Indonesian racing driver and a former Formula One driver for Manor during 2016 season. He last competed in the 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series and in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia for T2 Motorspor ...

(born 1993), Indonesian racing driver *, Japanese TV announcer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese playwright *

Rio Matsumoto is a Japanese actress, model and singer. She has had a prolific career in television drama series since the mid-1990s and since 2003 has also been in several films. She was formerly known as Megumi Matsumoto (松本恵). Acting career Televis ...

(born 1982), Japanese actress, model and singer *

Rio Mavuba Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba (born 8 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as assistant manager at Bordeaux II. He spent most of his professional career with Bordeaux and Lille, winning the 201 ...

(born 1984), French football player *

Rio Natsuki is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Notable voice roles Anime *''Angelic Layer'' (Tsubasa McEnzie) *''Battle Athletes series'' (Akari Kanzaki) *''Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040'' ( Linna Yamazaki) *''Carnival Phantasm'' (Sion Eltnam Atlasia) ...

(born 1969), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese gravure idol *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *

Rio Pangestu Rio Pangestu Putra (born 30 August 1997) is a Indonesian professional futsal, futsal player who plays for the club Indonesia Pro Futsal League, Bintang Timur Surabaya. Personal life Rio Pangestu was born in Tangerang, 30 August 1997. He received h ...

(born 1997), Indonesian futsal player *

Rio Reiser Ralph Christian Möbius (9 January 1950 – 20 August 1996), known professionally as Rio Reiser, was a German musician and the singer of rock group Ton Steine Scherben. He supported squatting in the early 1970s and later the green political part ...

(1950–1996), German singer *, Japanese child actress *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese writer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese swimmer *

Rio Suzuki is a Japanese actress and tarento. She is famous for such TV dramas as ''Yae no Sakura'', ''Ashita, Mama ga Inai'' and as a television personality. Filmography Television * (Fuji TV, 2012) – Minagawa Riko * ''Yae's Sakura'' (NHK, 2013) – ...

(born 2005), Japanese child actress *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese Gravure idol *, Japanese actress *, Indonesian professional surfer *, Japanese wrestler *, Japanese violinist *, Japanese actress *

Tina Yuzuki , also known as Rio, is a Japanese actress, singer and former AV idol who debuted as an AV actress in 2005, appearing in videos produced by the Max-A and S1 studios. After starring in AVs in various genres during her first year in the industry, s ...

(born 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol

Surname

Al Rio Álvaro Araújo Lourenço do Rio (19 May 1962 – 31 January 2012) – known professionally as Al Rio – was a Brazilian comic book artist, best known for his " good girl" illustration work, particularly on the American comic book seri ...

(1962–2012), Brazilian comic book artist *

Michel Rio (footballer) Michel Rio (born 7 March 1963) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Rio played at a professional level in the Division 1 (later renamed Ligue 1) for Nantes, Metz, Caen and Le Havre, and in the Divisi ...

(born 1963), former French footballer *

Michel Rio Michel Rio (born 1945) is a French writer and novelist. Born in Brittany, he was raised in Madagascar and currently lives in Paris. He studied semiology and published his first novel in 1972. Although he was well-received by critics and has won ...

(born 1945), French writer and novelist *

Patrice Rio Patrice Rio (born 15 August 1948 in Le Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime) is a French former football defender who obtained a total number of 17 international caps for the France national football team in the 1970s. Playing for FC Nantes (1970–19 ...

(born 1948), former French footballer *

Alexis-François Rio Alexis-François Rio (20 May 1797 – 17 June 1874) was a French writer on art. Without any strict method or criticism, he expressed preference for the art of the 15th century. He contributed greatly towards recovery of the neglected art of the Mid ...

(1797–1874), French author and art critic

Entertainment

Film

* ''Rio'' (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone *

Rio 1 ''Rio'' is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox Animation, and directed by Carlos Saldanha. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the fi ...

, a 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios ** ''Rio 2'', the 2014 sequel

Television and anime

* Rio (CSI: Miami), "Rio" (''CSI: Miami''), the first episode in Season 5 (September 2006) of the American television program ''CSI: Miami'' * ''Rio: Rainbow Gate!'', a 2011 anime series based on a pachinko franchise by Tecmo

Fictional characters

* Rio, the Confrontation Beast-Fist Akugata#Rio, main villain from ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'', a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series * Rio (Money Heist), Rio (''Money Heist''), a code-name for a character in Netflix series ''Money Heist'' * Rio, a Characters of NX Files#Rio, character in the web-show ''NX Files'', running since 2005 * Rio (Shaman King), Rio (''Shaman King''), a character in the anime series ''Shaman King'' * Rio Futaba (双葉理央), one of the main characters of the light novel and anime series Seishun Buta Yarō * Rio Kastle, a character in the anime series ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' * Rio Kazumiya, a character in the anime series ''Sound of the Sky#Characters, Sound of the Sky'' * Rio Nakamura, a character in the anime series ''Assassination Classroom'' * Rio Suzuki is one of the main characters from The Gods Lie. * Rio "Rollins" Tachibana, a character who appears in the ''Rio: Rainbow Gate'' anime, as well as some titles in the ''Dead or Alive (series), Dead or Alive'' video games * Rio Wellard, a character from ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' series 4-5, portrayed by Craig Roberts

Places

* the name of a Lake District town in Swallows and Amazons, an English children's novel

Games

* Rio (video game), ''Rio'' (video game), the 2011 tie-in game for Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 * ''Angry Birds Rio'', an edition of the game ''Angry Birds'' tying into the release of ''Rio''

Music

* R.I.O. (band), a German dance band * Los del Río, the Spanish music duo that gained international fame for their 1995 song "Macarena" * Rock in Opposition, or RIO, a musical movement in the 1970s * Rock in Rio, a series of music festivals held in Brazil and Portugal

Albums

* Río (Aterciopelados album), ''Río'' (Aterciopelados album), a 2008 album by Aterciopelados * Rio (Uri Caine album), ''Rio'' (Uri Caine album), a 2001 album by Uri Caine * Rio (Duran Duran album), ''Rio'' (Duran Duran album), a 1982 album by new wave group Duran Duran * Rio (Keith Jarrett album), ''Rio'' (Keith Jarrett album), a 2011 jazz album by Keith Jarrett * Rio (Joyce album), ''Rio'' (Joyce album) * Rio (Lee Ritenour album), ''Rio'' (Lee Ritenour album), a 1979 jazz album by Lee Ritenour * Rock in Rio (album), ''Rock in Rio'' (album), a 2001 live album by Iron Maiden * ''Rush in Rio'', a 2003 live album by Rush

Songs

* Rio (Duran Duran song), "Rio" (Duran Duran song), the 1982 title song from the above Duran Duran album * Rio (Ledri Vula song), "Rio" (Ledri Vula song), a 2019 song by Albanian rapper Ledri Vula * "Rio", a song by Hey Marseilles from the 2008 album ''To Travels & Trunks'' * "Rio", a song by Michael Nesmith from the 1977 album ''From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing'' * "Rio", a song by Wavelength (band), Wavelength from the 1982 album ''Hurry Home''

Businesses and organizations

* Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, several institutes in India * Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, US, that opened in 1990 * Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity * Rio (British drink), British soft drink brand * Rio (Chinese drink), Chinese alcopop brand * Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states * RIO Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy * Rio Tinto (corporation), a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873

Politics

* Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, a 1992 global sustainable development plan * Rio Protocol of 1942, which temporarily settled a border war between Peru and Ecuador * Rio Treaty or Rio Pact of 1947, more formally known as the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance

Roles and professions

* Radar Intercept Officer, or RIO * Railway Investigation Officer, or RIO, a rank in the Victoria Transit Patrol * Remote interface officer (RIO) Flight Controller, integrates communications between Mission Control Center Houston and other Space Centers

Technology

* Rio (digital audio players), a brand name of a line of digital audio players * Rio (windowing system), the windowing system for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system * Kyocera Rio, or Kyocera E3100, a mobile phone * Reconfigurable Input/Output, or RIO, found in devices such as the CompactRIO * Winsock RIO extensions, part of the Winsock network API * Ford Del Rio, an American station wagon

Transportation

Air transportation

* Avian Rio, a British hang glider * RIO, the International Air Transport Association airport code, IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro

Automobiles

* Kia Rio, a 1999–present Korean subcompact car * Panther Rio, a 1975–1977 British full-size sedan * Premier Rio, a 2009–2018 Indian subcompact SUV * Ford Del Rio, a 1957–1958 American full-size station wagon

Geography

Brazil

Mexico

United States

Elsewhere

People

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Entertainment

Film

Television and anime

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Games

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See also