Rio

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See also: rio, RIO, río, rió, and riò

English

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rio

  1. Clipping of Rio de Janeiro.
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎:
      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 (pronounced /ˈɹaɪoʊ/).

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Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der.
    Latin rīvus
    Old Galician-Portuguese rio
    Brazilian Portuguese riobor.
    Hunsrik Rio

    Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese rio.[1] Has mostly displaced Fluss.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈriːo/
    • Rhymes: -iːo
    • Syllabification: Ri‧o

    Noun

    Rio f (plural Rios)

    1. river
      Synonym: Fluss
      Meer sin aan de Rio gang.
      We went to the river.

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Rio”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 134, column 1

    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.
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