Rio

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Rio is the Portuguese and Spanish (in which it is spelt río) word for "river". Aside from its use in the name of many rivers, Rio or RIO is used in a number of other ways.

Contents 1 Place names, other than rivers: 2 People 3 Music 4 Business 5 Technology 6 Politics 7 Fiction

[edit] Place names, other than rivers:

• In Latin America:
  • Rio de Janeiro, second major city and a state in Brazil (the city is commonly known as just "Rio")
  • Rio Bec, a Mayan archaeological site
  • Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala.
  • Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico
• In the United States:
  • Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County
  • Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County
  • Rio, New York, a community in Orange County
  • Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County
  • Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County
• Other continents:
  • Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras

[edit] People

• Rio Ferdinand, an English football player

[edit] Music

• Rio (album), a 1982 album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran
  • Rio (song), the hit title song from that album
• Rio (band), a Peruvian rock band
• Rock in Rio, music festival in Brazil and Portugal
  • Rock in Rio (album), a live album by the rock group Iron Maiden
  • Rush in Rio, a live album by the rock group Rush
• Rock in Opposition, a musical movement

[edit] Business

• Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Regional Interface Operation, in finance

[edit] Technology

• Radar Intercept Officer, a back-seat weapons and targeting systems operator in United States Navy aircraft
• Reference Interconnect Offer, in telecommunication
• Rio (digital audio players)
• Rio (program), the windowing system of the Plan 9 operating system
• RiO (program), an electronic patient record system for the British NHS
• Kia Rio, a 2000s subcompact car made by Kia Motors
• Ford Del Rio, a 1950s station wagon made by Ford Motor Company
• Panther Rio, a 1970s luxury sedan made by British car makers Panther Westwinds

[edit] Politics

• The Rio Protocol of 1942, temporarily settled a border war between Peru and Ecuador
• The Rio Treaty or Rio Pact of 1947, more formally known as the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
• The Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
• The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, a 1992 global sustainable development plan
• The Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the Convention on Biological Diversity

[edit] Fiction

• "Wooden Sword" Ryu, known as Rio in the English-language anime version of Shaman King
• Rio Hinayama, a character in ToHeart
• Rio, a character in the Metroid series of video games
• Rio (NX Files), a fictional character in an action adventure web-show called NX Files.