Rio

See also: rio, RIO, río, rió, and riò

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹioʊ/
• Rhymes: (General American) -ioʊ

Proper noun

Rio

1. Clipping of Rio de Janeiro.
   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Hodgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday.

2. A male given name
3. A female given name
   • 1982, Duran Duran (lyrics and music), “Rio”, in Rio:

     Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand / Just like that river twisting through a dusty land

4. A town and former municipality of Achaea, West Greece, Greece.
5. A census-designated place in Martin County, Florida, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Spalding County, Georgia, United States.
7. A village in Knox County, Illinois, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
10. A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin.

Further reading

• Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• OIr, Ori, ROI, RoI, Roi

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese rio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːo/

Noun

Rio m (plural Rios)

1. river

   Meer sin aan de Rio gang.

   We went to the river.

Synonyms

• Fluss

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Indonesian

Etymology

From Spanish rio.

Proper noun

Rio

1. a male given name from Javanese

Japanese

Romanization

Rio

1. Rōmaji transcription of リオ

Portuguese

Proper noun

Rio m

1. Clipping of Rio de Janeiro.