Rio
Rio is the Portuguese word for river and is a common nickname for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio or Río (Spanish version) is the spanish word for river, may also refer to:
Other locations
- Río Bec, Mayan archaeological site
- Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala
- Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico
- Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, USA
- Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, USA
- Rio Grande (disambiguation)
- 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
- Rio Grande Valley a location in south Texas
- Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil
People
Surname
- Alphonse Rio (1873-1949), a French politician and minister in the French Third Republic
- Michel Rio (b. in 1945), a French writer and novelist.
- Patrice Rio (b. in 1948), a former French footballer
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 (Lee Ritenour album), a 1979 jazz album by Lee Ritenour
- Rio (Keith Jarrett album), a 2011 jazz album by Keith Jarrett
- Los del Rio, the Spanish music duo that gained international fame for their 1995 song "Macarena"
- Rock in Rio, a 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
- "Rio", a song by Michael Nesmith which appears on his 1977 album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing
- Rio (Aterciopelados album), 2008 album by the band Aterciopelados
Technology
Organizations
- Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, USA, that opened in 1990
- Rio Tinto Group, a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873
- Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
- Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
- rio, pronunciation of RHIO, Regional Health Information Organization, a type of organization whose purpose is integration and information exchange among healthcare stakeholders
Transportation
- Ford Del Rio, a 1950s station wagon made by Ford Motor Company
- Kia Rio, a 2000s subcompact car made by Kia Motors
- Panther Rio, a 1970s luxury sedan made by British car makers Panther Westwinds
- RIO, the IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy
Politics
Fiction
- Rio (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone
- Rio (film), an 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios
- Angry Birds Rio, an edition of the game Angry Birds tying into the release of Rio
- Rio (Shaman King), a character in the anime series Shaman King
- Rio Hinayama, a character in To Heart, a 1997 visual novel
- Rio, a character in the web-show NX Files, running since 2005
- Rio, the main villain from Juken Sentai Gekiranger, a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series
- "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
- Rio 'Rollins' Tachibana, a character who appears in the Rio: Rainbow Gate anime, as well as some titles in the Dead or Alive video games.
Other uses