Rio de Janeiro

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Rio de Janeiro (“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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːəʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɪəɹəʊ/, /ˈɹiːəʊ de ʒəˈneəɹəʊ/

Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro
2. A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Translations

state

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejrio
• Finnish: Rio de Janeiro (fi)
• French: État de Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (fr) m
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• Latin: Fluminis Ianuarii
• Macedonian: Рио де Жане́иро (Rio de Žanéiro)
• Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (pt) m
• Russian: шт. Ри́о-де-Жане́йро m (št. Río-dɛ-Žanɛ́jro)
• Spanish: Río de Janeiro (es)

municipality

• Amharic: ሪዮ ዴ ጃኔይሮ (riyo de ǧaneyro)
• Arabic: رِيُّو دِي جَانِيرُو m (riyyū dī jānīrū)
• Armenian: Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո (Ṙio de Žaneyro)
• Azerbaijani: Rio-de-Janeyro
• Belarusian: Ры́а-дэ-Жанэ́йра m (Rýa-de-Žanéjra)
• 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 noi³ lou⁴)

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

• Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejro
• Finnish: Rio de Janeiro (fi)
• French: Rio de Janeiro (fr) m
• Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო (rio-de-žaneiro)
• German: Rio de Janeiro (de) n
• Greek: Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο (el) (Río nte Tzanéiro)
• Hindi: रियो डि जेनेरो (riyo ḍi jenero)
• Hungarian: Rio de Janeiro (hu)
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• Italian: Rio de Janeiro (it) f
• Japanese: リオデジャネイロ (Rio de Janeiro), (abbreviation) リオ (Rio)
• Kazakh: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Janeiro)
• Korean: 리우데자네이루 (Riudejaneiru)
• Kyrgyz: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Janeyro)
• Latin: Rivi Ianuarii, Urbs Fluminensis
• Mongolian: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Žanejro)
• Norman: Riviéthe dé Janvyi f (Jersey)
• Persian: ریو دو ژانیرو (rio do žâniro)
• Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (pt) m
• Russian: Ри́о-де-Жане́йро (ru) m (Río-dɛ-Žanɛ́jro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рио де Жанеиро m

  Roman: Rio de Žaneiro m

• Spanish: Río de Janeiro (es) m
• Tajik: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Žaneyro)
• Turkish: Rio de Janeiro, Rio
• Turkmen: Rio-de-Žaneýro
• Ukrainian: Ріо-де-Жане́йро m (Rio-de-Žanéjro)

See also

• Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dʒi ʒɐ.ˈne(j).ɾu/

Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro m

1. A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   Synonym: Rio

2. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro.

   Synonym: RJ (abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rio de Janeiro.

Related terms

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