Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "

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". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:

Places

United States

* Rio, Florida, a census-designated place *

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 South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Geor ...

, an unincorporated community *

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

, a village * Rio, a location in

Deerpark, New York Deerpark is a town in the western part of Orange County, New York, United States. It is part of the Poughkeepsie Newburgh Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York Newark Bridgeport, NY- NJ- CT- PA Combined ...

* Rio, Virginia, a community * Rio, West Virginia, a village * Rio, Wisconsin, a village * El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio

Elsewhere

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

, Brazil, often referred to as simply Rio *

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 Cavo is an American hard rock band from St. Louis, Miss ...

, a municipality on the island of Elba in Tuscany *

Rio, Greece Rio (, ''Río'', ancient Greek, formerly , ''Rhíon''; Latin: ''Rhium'') is a town in the suburbs of Patras and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, Western Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government r ...

, a community in suburban Patras

People

Rio (given name) Rio is a unisex give name which may refer to: Men * Rio Adebisi (born 2000), English footballer * Rio Alderton (born 1982), English footballer * Rio Fahmi (born 2001), Indonesian footballer * Rio Fanning (1931–2018), Northern Irish actor * Rio Fe ...

* Rio (surname) *

Tina Yuzuki , also known as Rio, is a Japanese actress, singer and former pornographic actress who debuted in pornography 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 t ...

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

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''Rio'' (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone * ''Rio'' (franchise), a film series and related media * ''Rio'' (2011 film), an animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios ** ''Rio'' (soundtrack) ** ''

Rio 2 ''Rio 2'' is a 2014 American animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 animated film and the second installment of the ''Rio'' franchise. The title refers to the ci ...

'', 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

Games

* ''Rio'' (video game), the 2011 tie-in game for Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 * ''

Angry Birds Rio ''Angry Birds Rio'' was a 2011 puzzle video game developed and published by Rovio Entertainment, and is a crossover between the ''Angry Birds'' franchise and the ''Rio'' franchise. The game was released on March 22, 2011 and promoted as a mar ...

'', an edition of the game ''Angry Birds'' tying into the release of ''Rio''

Music

* R.I.O., a German dance band *

RIO (English band) RIO were an English rock duo formed in Hertfordshire, England by Jon Neil and Steve Rodford. History RIO were formed in 1982 by Jon Neil (vocals and guitars) and Steve Rodford (keyboards, bass and drums). Initially using the name Bombay, the d ...

, an English rock duo *

Rock in Opposition Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive rock bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music. It was initiated by English avant-rock gro ...

, or RIO, a musical movement in the 1970s

Albums

* ''Río'' (Aterciopelados album), 2008 * ''Rio'' (Uri Caine album), 2001 * ''Rio'' (Duran Duran album), 1982 * ''Rio'' (Keith Jarrett album), 2011 * ''Rio'' (Joyce album), 2012 * ''Rio'' (Trevor Rabin album), 2023 * ''Rio'' (Lee Ritenour album), 1979

Songs

* "Rio" (Duran Duran song), 1982 * "Rio" (Ledri Vula song), 2019 * "Rio", a song by

Hey Marseilles Hey Marseilles is an indie folk and chamber pop band from Seattle, Washington (state), Washington founded in 2006 and active until 2019. History The band self-released its first album in 2008 and opened early in its career for groups such as M ...

from the 2008 album ''To Travels & Trunks'' * "Rio" (Michael Nesmith song), 1977 * "Rio", a song by

Wavelength In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats. In other words, it is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same ''phase (waves ...

from the 1982 album ''Hurry Home''

Businesses and products

Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino The Rio is a hotel and casino near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. It is owned and operated by Dreamscape Companies LLC. It includes a casino and 2,520 suites. It features a Brazilian theme based on Rio Carnival. The Ri ...

, a resort in Las Vegas, United States * RIO Washingtonian Center, also stylized as rio, a shopping center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States * Rio (British drink), a British soft drink brand * Rio (Chinese drink), a Chinese alcopop brand * RIO Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy

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) rio is Plan 9 from Bell Labs' windowing system. It is well known for making its window management transparent to the application. This allows running rio inside of another window manager. History rio is the latest in a long series of graphica ...

, 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 in the USA. Movilnet launched ...

, 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

Transportation

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

IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code, or simply a location identifier, is a unique three-letter geocode designating many airports, cities (with one or more airports) and metropolitan areas (citie ...

for all airports near Rio de Janeiro *

Kia Rio The Kia Rio () is a subcompact car manufactured by Kia from 1999 to 2023. Body styles have included a three and five-door hatchback and four-door sedan, equipped with inline-four gasoline and diesel engines, and front-wheel drive. The Rio ...

, a 1999–present Korean subcompact car * Panther Rio, a 1975–1977 British full-size sedan * Premier Rio, a 2009–2018 Indian subcompact SUV

Other uses

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

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, several institutes in India * Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) * Research Ideas and Outcomes, an

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journal * a Lake District town in ''

Swallows and Amazons ''Swallows and Amazons'' is a children's adventure novel by English author Arthur Ransome 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, Sus ...

'', an English children's novel