Rio

Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream".

Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films

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

Literature

Research Ideas and Outcomes, an open-access journal
A Lake District town in Swallows and Amazons, an English children's novel

Music

Albums

Songs

"Rio" (Duran Duran song), 1982
"Rio" (Ledri Vula song), 2019
"Rio", by Hey Marseilles from the 2008 album To Travels & Trunks
"Rio" (Michael Nesmith song), 1977
"Rio", by Wavelength from the 1982 album Hurry Home

Other uses in music

R.I.O., a German dance band
RIO (English band), an English rock duo
Rock in Opposition, or RIO, a musical movement in the 1970s

Television and anime

"Rio" (CSI: Miami), the first episode in Season 5 (September 2006) of the American television program CSI: Miami
TVRío, a television station in Paysandú, Uruguay
TV Rio, a defunct television station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio: Rainbow Gate!, a 2011 anime series based on a pachinko franchise by Tecmo

Video 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

Businesses and products

Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, US
RIO Washingtonian Center, also stylized as "rio", a shopping center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US
Rio (British drink), a British soft drink brand
Rio (Chinese drink), a Chinese alcopop brand
RIO Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy

Other organizations

Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, several institutes in India
Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO)
Revolutionary Internationalist Organisation (RIO), political party in Germany

People

Rio (given name)
Rio (surname)
Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol

Places

United States

Rio, Florida, a census-designated place
Rio, Georgia, an unincorporated community
Rio, Illinois, a village
Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York
Rio, Virginia, a community
Rio, West Virginia, a village
Rio, Wisconsin, a village
El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio

Elsewhere

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, often referred to as simply Rio
Rio, Italy, a municipality on the island of Elba in Tuscany
Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras

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

Avian Rio, a British hang glider
RIO, the IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro
Kia Rio, a 1999–present Korean subcompact car
Panther Rio, a 1975–1977 British full-size sedan
Premier Rio, a 2009–2018 Indian subcompact SUV

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