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:

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

People

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

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

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

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

Albums

  • Río (Aterciopelados album), 2008
  • Rio (Uri Caine album), 2001
  • Rio (Duran Duran album), 1982
  • Rio (Keith Jarrett album), 2011
  • Rio (Joyce album), 2012
  • Rio (Trevor Rabin album), 2023
  • Rio (Lee Ritenour album), 1979

Songs

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

Businesses and products

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

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

Other uses

  • Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
  • Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, several institutes in India
  • Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO)
  • Research Ideas and Outcomes, an open-access journal
  • a Lake District town in Swallows and Amazons, an English children's novel
  • Revolutionary Internationalist Organisation (RIO), political party in Germany

See also

  • Del Rio (disambiguation)
  • Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO)
  • Ríos (disambiguation)