Rio

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Contents 1 Other locations 2 People 3 Music 4 Business 5 Technology 6 Transportation 7 Politics 8 Fiction

Rio is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". It is often used as a nickname for Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil.

Rio or Río may also refer to:

[edit] Other locations

• Rio Grande, North American river
• Río Bec, Mayan archaeological site
• Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala
• Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico
• Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, USA
• Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, USA
• Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, USA
• Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, USA
• Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras, Greece
• Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, USA

[edit] People

• Rio Ferdinand (b. 1978), an English football player
• Rio Reiser (1950-1996), German singer
• RIO for Radar Intercept Officer, a Naval Flight Officer

[edit] Music

• Rio (album), a 1982 album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran
  • "Rio" (song), the title song from the above Duran Duran album
• Rio (band), a Peruvian rock band formed in 1980
• Rock in Rio, an series of music festivals held in Brazil and Portugal
• Rock in Rio (album), a 2001 live album recorded in Brazil by the rock group Iron Maiden
• Rush in Rio, a 2003 live album by the rock group Rush
• RIO, for Rock in Opposition, a musical movement in the 1970s

[edit] Business

• Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, Nevada that opened in 1990
• Rio Tinto Group, a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873

[edit] Technology

• Rio (digital audio players)
• Rio (program), the windowing system of the Plan 9 operating system

[edit] Transportation

• 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

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

[edit] Fiction

• "Wooden Sword" Ryu, known as Rio in the English-language anime version of Shaman King, which has been running since 1998
• Rio Hinayama, a character in the 1997 visual novel To Heart
• Rio, a character in the web-show NX Files, running since 2005
• "Rio", the first episode in Season 5 (September 2006) of the American television program CSI: Miami