Rio

Rio is the Portuguese word for river and is a common nickname for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rio or Río (Spanish version) is the spanish word for river, may also refer to:

Other locations

• Río Bec, Mayan archaeological site
• Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala
• Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico
• Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, USA
• Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, USA
• Rio Grande (disambiguation)
• Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, USA
• Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, USA
• Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, USA
• Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras, Greece
• Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, USA
• Rio Grande Valley a location in south Texas
• Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

People

• Tina Yuzuki (b. 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol
• Rio Ferdinand (b. 1978), an English football player
• Rio Mavuba (b. 1984), a French football player
• Rio Reiser (1950-1996), German singer

Surname

• Al Rio (1962-2012), Brazilian comic book artist
• Alphonse Rio (1873-1949), French politician and minister in the French Third Republic
• Michel Rio (b. in 1945), French writer and novelist
• Patrice Rio (b. in 1948), former French footballer

Music

• Rio (album), a 1982 album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran
  • "Rio" (song), the title song from the above Duran Duran album
• Rio (Lee Ritenour album), a 1979 jazz album by Lee Ritenour
• Rio (Keith Jarrett album), a 2011 jazz album by Keith Jarrett
• Los del Rio, the Spanish music duo that gained international fame for their 1995 song "Macarena"
• Rock in Rio, a series of music festivals held in Brazil and Portugal
• 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
• RIO, for Rock in Opposition, a musical movement in the 1970s
• "Rio", a song by Michael Nesmith which appears on his 1977 album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing
• Rio (Aterciopelados album), 2008 album by the band Aterciopelados

Technology

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

Organizations

• Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, USA, that opened in 1990
• Rio Tinto Group, a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873
• Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
• Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
• rio, pronunciation of RHIO, Regional Health Information Organization, a type of organization whose purpose is integration and information exchange among healthcare stakeholders

Transportation

• 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, the IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy

Politics

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

Fiction

• Rio (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone
• Rio (film), an 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios
  • Angry Birds Rio, an edition of the game Angry Birds tying into the release of Rio
• Rio (Shaman King), a character in the anime series Shaman King
• Rio Hinayama, a character in To Heart, a 1997 visual novel
• Rio, a character in the web-show NX Files, running since 2005
• Rio, the main villain from Juken Sentai Gekiranger, a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series
• "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
  • 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.

Other uses

• RIO (military), Radar Intercept Officer