Rio

Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river".

Rio or Río often refers to:

Rio de Janeiro, a city in Brazil, commonly referred to as "Rio"

Rio or Río may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Rio (Shaman King), a character in the anime series Shaman King
Rio, the main villain from Juken Sentai Gekiranger, a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series
Rio, a character in the web-show NX Files, running since 2005
Rio Hinayama, a character in To Heart, a 1997 visual novel
Rio Kastle, a character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
Rio Nakamura, a character in the anime series Assassination Classroom
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
Rio Wellard, a character from The Story of Tracy Beaker series 4-5, portrayed by Craig Roberts
Rio (Money Heist), a code-name for a character in Netflix series Money Heist

Films

Rio (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone
Rio (2011 film), a 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios
- Rio 2, the 2014 sequel

Games

Rio (video game), the 2011 tie-in game for Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360
Angry Birds Rio, an edition of the game Angry Birds tying into the release of Rio

Music

Albums

Río (Aterciopelados album), 2008 album by the band Aterciopelados
Rio (Uri Caine album), a 2001 album by Uri Caine
Rio (Duran Duran album), a 1982 album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran
Rio (Keith Jarrett album), a 2011 jazz album by Keith Jarrett
Rio (Joyce album)
Rio (Lee Ritenour album), a 1979 jazz album by Lee Ritenour
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

Songs

"Rio" (song), the title song from the above Duran Duran album
"Rio", a song by Hey Marseilles which appears on their 2008 album "To Travels & Trunks"
"Rio", a song by Michael Nesmith which appears on his 1977 album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing
"Rio" (Ledri Vula song), a song by Albanian rapper Ledri Vula

Other uses in music

R.I.O. (band), a German dance band
Los del Río, the Spanish music duo that gained international fame for their 1995 song "Macarena"
Rock in Opposition, or RIO, a musical movement in the 1970s
Rock in Rio, a series of music festivals held in Brazil and Portugal

Television and anime

"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

Organizations

Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, several institutes in India
Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, US, that opened in 1990
Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
Rio Tinto Group, a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873

People

Given name or nickname

Rio Ferdinand (born 1978), English football player
Rio Haryanto (born 1993), Indonesian racing driver
Rio Matsumoto (born 1982), Japanese actress, model and singer
Rio Mavuba (born 1984), French football player
Rio Reiser (1950–1996), German singer
Rio Shimamoto (島本理生, born 1983), Japanese writer
Rio Shirai (白井璃緒, born 1999), Japanese swimmer
Rio Suzuki (born 2005), Japanese child actress
Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol

Surname

Al Rio (1962–2012), Brazilian comic book artist
Michel Rio (footballer) (born 1963), former French footballer
Michel Rio (born 1945), French writer and novelist
Patrice Rio (born 1948), former French footballer

Places

Mexico

Río Bec, a Mayan archaeological site in Mexico
Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico

United States

Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, US
Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, US
Rio, Georgia, an unincorporated community
Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, US
Rio, Virginia, a community in Albemarle County, US
Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, US
Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, US
El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Arriba, Añasco, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Arriba, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Arriba, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Arriba, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Abajo, Ceiba, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Abajo, Cidra, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Abajo, Humacao, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Abajo, Utuado, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Río Abajo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a barrio
Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, US
Rio Grande Valley, a location in south Texas
RIO Washingtonian Center (also stylized as rio), a shopping center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US

Elsewhere

Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras, Greece
Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala
Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Rio Grande (disambiguation)
Río Muni, the mainland of Equatorial Guinea
Rio Tuba, a barrio in the province of Palawan, Philippines

Politics

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, a 1992 global sustainable development plan
Rio Protocol of 1942, which temporarily settled a border war between Peru and Ecuador
Rio Treaty or Rio Pact of 1947, more formally known as the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance

Roles and professions

Radar Intercept Officer, or RIO
Railway Investigation Officer, or RIO, a rank in the Victoria Transit Patrol
Remote interface officer (RIO) Flight Controller, integrates communications between Mission Control Center Houston and other Space Centers

Technology

Rio (digital audio players), a brand name of a line of digital audio players
Rio (windowing system), the windowing system for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system
Kyocera Rio, or Kyocera E3100, a mobile phone
Reconfigurable Input/Output, or RIO, found in devices such as the CompactRIO
Winsock RIO extensions, part of the Winsock network API

Transportation

RIO, the IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro
Avian Rio, a British hang glider
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 Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy

gollark: Apparently, backups are """expensive""" and people "don't need" 1249124 hours of music on tapes.

gollark: Hmm.

gollark: The meme will just be overrun by other random similarly stupid things in a few years.

gollark: Except in a loose sense.

gollark: Doubtful.

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