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 Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ...

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

Geography

Brazil

* Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Mexico

* Río Bec, a Mayan archaeological site in Mexico * Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico

United States

* Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, 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 An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other ...

, an unincorporated community in Spalding County, US * Rio, Illinois, 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 Virgi ...

, a community in Albemarle County, US * Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, US * Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, US * El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Río Arriba, Añasco, Puerto Rico, 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, a barrio * Río Arriba, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, 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 ...

, a barrio * Río Abajo, Cidra, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Río Abajo, Humacao, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Río Abajo, Utuado, 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 be ...

, 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. The community is home to Rio Creek Airport Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltes ...

, 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. T ...

, 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 Gaithersburg ( ), officially the City of Gaithersburg, is a city in Montgomery Cou ...

(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 Rio nell'Elba is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Rio, in the ...

, 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 whic ...

, 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 af ...

, 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 wa ...

(born 1978), English football player * Rio Haryanto (born 1993), Indonesian racing driver *, Japanese TV announcer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese playwright * Rio Matsumoto (born 1982), Japanese actress, model and singer * Rio Mavuba (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 Atla ...

(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 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 his edu ...

(born 1997), Indonesian futsal player * Rio Reiser (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 (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 (born 1945), French writer and novelist * Patrice Rio (born 1948), former French footballer * Alexis-François Rio (1797–1874), French author and art critic

Entertainment

Film

* ''Rio'' (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone * Rio 1, a 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios ** '' Rio 2'', the 2014 sequel

Television and anime

* "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 main villain from ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'', a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series * Rio (''Money Heist''), a code-name for a character in Netflix series ''Money Heist'' * Rio, a character in the web-show ''NX Files'', running since 2005 * 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'' * Rio Nakamura, a character in the anime series '' Assassination Classroom'' * Rio Suzuki is one of the main characters from

The Gods Lie is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Ozaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's '' Monthly Afternoon'' from March to July 2013, with its chapters collected in a single '' tankōbon'' volume. It was licensed in North America f ...

. * Rio "Rollins" Tachibana, a character who appears in the ''Rio: Rainbow Gate'' anime, as well as some titles in the ''

Dead or Alive Dead or Alive most commonly refers to: * Dead or Alive (band), a British pop band * Dead or alive, a phrase on a wanted poster Dead or Alive may also refer to: Film and television * ''Dead or Alive'' (1921 film), an American silent film dir ...

'' 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 ''Swallows and Amazons'' is a children's adventure novel by English author Arthur Ransome and first published on 21 July 1930 by Jonathan Cape. Set in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District, the book introduces the main characters of John, ...

, an English children's novel

Games

* ''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), a 2008 album by Aterciopelados * ''Rio'' (Uri Caine album), a 2001 album by Uri Caine * ''Rio'' (Duran Duran album), a 1982 album by new wave group Duran Duran * ''Rio'' (Keith Jarrett album), a 2011 jazz album by Keith Jarrett * ''Rio'' (Joyce album) * ''Rio'' (Lee Ritenour album), a 1979 jazz album by Lee Ritenour * ''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), the 1982 title song from the above Duran Duran album * "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 In physics, the wavelength is the spatial period of a periodic wave—the distance over which the wave's shape repeats. It is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase on the wave, such as two adjacent crests, tr ...

from the 1982 album ''Hurry Home''

Businesses and organizations

Regional Institute of Ophthalmology Apex Institute & R.I.O.s in India Apex institute Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, New Delhi Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at All India Institute of Medical Sciences has been recognized as the Apex Organisation by th ...

, 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 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity); the sustainable use of it ...

* Rio (British drink), British soft drink brand *

Rio (Chinese drink) Rio ( Chinese: RIO锐澳鸡尾酒) is a Chinese ready to drink alcopop An alcopop (or cooler, spirit cooler n South African English">South_African_English.html" ;"title="n South African English">n South African English or malternative n Amer ...

, Chinese alcopop brand *

Rio Group The Rio Group (G-Rio) was a permanent association of political consultation of Latin America and Caribbean countries, created in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 18, 1986 with the purpose of creating a better political relationship among the cou ...

, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states * RIO Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy *

Rio Tinto (corporation) Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational company that is the world's second-largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP). The company was founded in 1873 when of a group of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tint ...

, a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873

Politics

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, often shortened to Rio Declaration, was a short document produced at the 1992 United Nations "Conference on Environment and Development" (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit. The Rio Decl ...

, a 1992 global sustainable development plan *

Rio Protocol The Protocol of Peace, Friendship, and Boundaries between Peru and Ecuador, or Rio Protocol for short, was an international agreement signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 29, 1942, by the foreign ministers of Peru and Ecuador, with the p ...

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 A naval flight officer (NFO) is a commissioned officer in the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps who specializes in airborne weapons and sensor systems. NFOs are not pilots (naval aviators), but they may perform many "co-pilot" or ...

, 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 The Kyocera E3100, often referred to as the Kyocera Rio, is a touch slate phone from Kyocera with MP3 music player. It was announced at the 2010 CTIA show, where it was said that the launch operator would be Cricket. Features include: *LCD res ...

, or Kyocera E3100, a mobile phone * Reconfigurable Input/Output, or RIO, found in devices such as the

CompactRIO CompactRIO (or cRIO) is a real-time embedded industrial controller made by National Instruments for industrial control systems. The CompactRIO is a combination of a real-time controller, reconfigurable IO Modules (RIO), FPGA module and an Etherne ...

Winsock RIO extensions In computer, computing, the Windows Sockets API (WSA), later shortened to Winsock, is an application programming interface (API) that defines how Microsoft Windows, Windows network application software should access network services, especially ...

, part of the Winsock network API * Ford Del Rio, an American station wagon

Transportation

Air transportation

* Avian Rio, a British hang glider * RIO, the 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