Riachuelo is a word in the
Spanish language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...
, meaning a small river with little current or a brook or an
arroyo
Arroyo often refers to:
* Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek
Arroyo may also refer to:
People
* Arroyo (surname)
Places United States
;California
* Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California
* Arroyo ...
.
Riachuelo may also refer to:
Places
Argentina
*
Riachuelo River
The River
The Matanza River is known by several names, including, in Spanish, Río de la Matanza ("the slaughter river" in English), Río Matanza ("slaughter river"), Río Mataderos ("slaughterhouses river"), Río de la Manzana ("the apple rive ...
or Matanza River, a stream in the Buenos Aires Province
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Villa Riachuelo
Villa Riachuelo is a ''barrio'' (district) of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , ...
, a barrio of Buenos Aires
Brazil
*
Riachuelo, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Riachuelo, Sergipe, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Sergipe
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Riachuelo, Rio Grande do Norte, a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte
Chile
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Riachuelo, Chile, a village in
Osorno Province
Osorno Province ( es, Provincia de Osorno) is one of the four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Los Lagos (X). The province has an area of and a population of 221,496 distributed across seven communes ( Spanish: ''comunas''). The provi ...
, south-central Chile
Uruguay
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Riachuelo, Uruguay a Populated Centre in
Colonia Department
Colonia () is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city.
Weather
Colonia has an annual average temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). In winter it has an average temperat ...
Battle
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Battle of the Riachuelo
The Battle of Riachuelo was a large and decisive naval battle of the Paraguayan War between Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil. By late 1864, Paraguay had scored a series of victories in the war, but on 11 June 1865, its naval defeat by the Brazi ...
, a naval battle in the Paraguayan War named for Riachuelo stream, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Ships
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Brazilian battleship ''Riachuelo'', an 1883 Brazilian ironclad battleship
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Brazilian battleship ''Riachuelo'' (1914), a Brazilian battleship cancelled due to World War I
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Brazilian submarine ''Riachuelo'' (S22), a 1975 ''Oberon''-class submarine now a museum ship in Rio de Janeiro
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Brazilian submarine ''Riachuelo'' (S40), a brazilian submarine, leader of Riachuelo Class
Companies
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Lojas Riachuelo
Lojas Riachuelo (English: ''Riachuelo Stores'') is a Brazilian department store company founded in 1947 in the city of Natal, Brazil. Currently, the company operates 302 stores.
The company its headquartered in Natal, and have a central offi ...
, a Brazilian department store company
Films
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''Riachuelo'' (film), 1934 film directed by
Luis Moglia Barth
Luis Moglia Barth (12 April 1903 - 18 June 1984) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, ofte ...
Geology
* The
Riachuelo Formation, an Early to Late
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...
geological formation, located near Riachuelo, Sergipe State, Brazil
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