Rio

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rio"

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹioʊ/
• Rhymes: (General American) -ioʊ

Proper noun

Rio

1. Ellipsis of Rio de Janeiro.
   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 October 2023:

     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, “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 regional unit, West Greece region, 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/).

Further reading

• Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• OIr, Ori, ROI, RoI, Roi

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *h₃riHwós

Proto-Italic *rīwos

Archaic Latin rīvos

Latin rīvus

Old Galician-Portuguese rio

Brazilian Portuguese riobor.

Hunsrik Rio

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese rio. 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.

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

Etymology

Ellipsis of Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u/ [ˈhi.u], /ˈʁiw/ [ˈhiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u/ [ˈhi.u], /ˈʁiw/ [ˈhiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u/ [ˈχi.u], /ˈʁiw/ [ˈχiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u/

• Rhymes: -iu, -iw
• Homophone: rio
• Hyphenation: Ri‧o

Proper noun

Rio m

1. nickname for Rio de Janeiro: a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the former capital of Brazil