Rio de Janeiro

See also: Río de Janeiro

English

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese Rio de Janeiro (literally “River of January”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːoʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɪəɹoʊ/, /ˈɹiːoʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɛəɹoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro

2. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro.
4. A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the former capital of Brazil.
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2020, retrieved 21 June 2013:

     In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts.

Coordinate terms

states of Braziledit

• Acre
• Alagoas
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espírito Santo
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraíba
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Rondônia
• Roraima
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo
• Sergipe
• Tocantins

Translations

state

• Arabic: رِيُو دِي جَانِيرُو (ar) f (riyū dī jānīrū)

  Hijazi Arabic: ريو دي جانيرو f (riyu di janēru)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 里約熱內盧 / 里约热内卢 (lei⁵ joek³ jit⁶ noi⁶ lou⁴)

  Mandarin: 里約熱內盧 / 里约热内卢 (zh) (Lǐyuē Rènèilú), 里約 (zh) (Lǐyuē)

• Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejrio
• Finnish: Rio de Janeiro (fi)
• French: Rio de Janeiro (fr) m
• Galician: Río de Xaneiro (gl) m
• Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო (rio-de-žaneiro)
• Korean: 히우데자네이루 (hi'udejaneiru)
• Latin: Fluminis Ianuarii, Rivus Ianuarii m
• Macedonian: Рио де Жане́иро (Rio de Žanéiro)
• Pannonian Rusyn: Рио де Жанеиро m (Rio de Žaneiro)
• Polish: Rio de Janeiro (pl) n
• Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (pt) m
• Russian: шт. Ри́о-де-Жане́йро m (št. Río-dɛ-Žanɛ́jro)
• Spanish: Río de Janeiro (es) m
• Swedish: Rio de Janeiro n

municipality

• Afrikaans: Rio de Janeiro, (abbreviation) Rio
• Amharic: ሪዮ ዴ ጃኔይሮ (riyo de ǧaneyro)
• Arabic: رِيُّو دِي جَانِيرُو (ar) f (riyyū dī jānīrū)
• Armenian: Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո (Ṙio de Žaneyro)
• Azerbaijani: Rio-de-Janeyro
• Bashkir: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-janeyro)
• Basque: Rio de Janeiro
• Belarusian: Ры́а-дэ-Жанэ́йра m (Rýa-de-Žanéjra)
• Bengali: রিউ দি জানেইরু (riu di janeiru)
• Bulgarian: Ри́о де Жане́йро m (Río de Žanéjro)
• Burmese: ရီယို ဒီ ဂျီးနေးရိုးမြို့ (riyui di gyi:ne:rui:mrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 里約熱內盧 / 里约热内卢 (lei⁵ joek³ jit⁶ noi⁶ lou⁴)

  Mandarin: 里約熱內盧 / 里约热内卢 (zh) (Lǐyuē Rènèilú), 里約 (zh) (Lǐyuē)

• Czech: Rio de Janeiro (cs)
• Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejro
• Finnish: Rio de Janeiro (fi)
• French: Rio de Janeiro (fr) m
• Galician: Río de Xaneiro (gl) m
• Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო (rio-de-žaneiro)
• German: Rio de Janeiro (de) n
• Greek: Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο (el) (Río nte Tzanéiro)
• Hawaiian: Riū-Ianuali, (abbreviation) Riū
• Hebrew: ריו דה ז׳ניירו / רִיוּ דֵה זַ׳נֵירוּ (riu de janeiru)
• Hindi: रियो डि जेनेरो (riyo ḍi jenero)
• Hungarian: Rio de Janeiro (hu)
• Indonesian: Rio de Janeiro
• Interlingua: Rio de Janeiro
• Italian: Rio de Janeiro (it) f
• Japanese: リオデジャネイロ (ja) (Rio de Janeiro), (abbreviation) リオ (Rio)
• Kannada: ರಿಯೋ ಡಿ ಜನೈರೊ (riyō ḍi janairo)
• Kazakh: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Janeiro)
• Khmer: រីយ៉ូដឺចេណេរ៉ូ (riiyou dəɨ ceeneerou), រីអូ ដេ ចាណេរ៉ូ (riiʼou dee caaneerou)
• Korean: 리우데자네이루 (Riudejaneiru)
• Kyrgyz: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Janeyro)
• Ladin: Rio de Djenero, Rio de Janeiro
• Latin: Rivus Ianuarii, Urbs Fluminensis
• Malay: Rio de Janeiro
• Mirandese: Riu de Janeiro
• Mongolian: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Žanejro)
• Norman: Riviéthe dé Janvyi f (Jersey)
• Occitan: Rio de Janeiro m
• Old Tupi: Nheterõîa
• Persian: ریو دو ژانیرو (rio do žâniro)
• Picard: Rio d' Janeiro
• Polish: Rio de Janeiro (pl) n
• Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (pt) m, (abbreviation) Rio (pt) m
• Romanian: Rio de Janeiro
• Russian: Ри́о-де-Жане́йро (ru) m (Río-dɛ-Žanɛ́jro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рио де Жанеиро m

  Roman: Rio de Žaneiro m

• Slovak: Rio de Janeiro
• Slovene: Rio de Janeiro
• Spanish: Río de Janeiro (es) m
• Swedish: Rio de Janeiro n
• Tajik: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Žaneyro)
• Telugu: రియో ​​డి జనైరో (riyō ​​ḍi janairō)
• Thai: รีโอเดจาเนโร (rii-oo-dee-jaa-nee-roo)
• Turkish: Rio de Janeiro, Rio
• Turkmen: Rio-de-Žaneýro
• Ukrainian: Ріо-де-Жане́йро m (Rio-de-Žanéjro)
• Vietnamese: Rio de Janeiro
• Walloon: Riyo d' Djaneyiro

Further reading

• Category:Rio de Janeiro on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rio de Janeiro on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʁiːo də ʒaˈneːʁo/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro n (proper noun, genitive Rio de Janeiros or (optionally with an article) Rio de Janeiro)

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

   Synonym: Rio

2. a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.o de (d)ʒaˈnɛj.ro/

Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro f

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

   Synonym: Rio

2. a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil

Japanese

Romanization

Rio de Janeiro

1. Rōmaji transcription of リオデジャネイロ
2. Rōmaji transcription of リオ・デ・ジャネイロ

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.jɔ ˈdɛ ʐaˈnɛj.rɔ/

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Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro n (indeclinable)

1. Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the former capital of Brazil)
2. Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)

Further reading

• Rio de Janeiro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Rio de Janeiro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “river of January”. The city was named after the Guanabara Bay (the word rio, which in modern Portuguese means “river”, could also mean other water bodies such as bays in the 16th century) and the date it was discovered by Portuguese founders: January 1, 1502.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ˈʁiw d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ˈʁiw d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ˈʁiw d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχiʊ̯ d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u de ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhi.u de ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo], /ˈʁiw de ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhiʊ̯ de ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈne.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈne.ɾu]

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro m

1. Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the former capital of Brazil)

   Synonyms: Rio, Cidade Maravilhosa

   • 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, chapter II, in O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier, page 36:

     Tinha a pretensão de conhecer todo o Rio de Janeiro e os podres de cada um em particular.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)

   Synonym: RJ (abbreviation)

See also

• carioca (demonym of the city)
• fluminense (demonym of the state)

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

• Acre
• Alagoas
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espírito Santo
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraíba
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Rondônia
• Roraima
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo
• Sergipe
• Tocantins