Rio
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹioʊ/
- Rhymes: (General American) -ioʊ
Proper noun
Rio
- Clipping of Rio de Janeiro.
- 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Hodgson may actually feel England could have scored even more but this was the perfect first step on the road to Rio in 2014 and the ideal platform for the second qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley on Tuesday.
- A male given name.
- A female given name.
- 1982, Duran Duran, “Rio”, in Rio:
- Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand / Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
- A town and former municipality of Achaea regional unit, West Greece region, Greece.
- A census-designated place in Martin County, Florida, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Spalding County, Georgia, United States.
- A village in Knox County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
- A village in Columbia County, Wisconsin (pronounced /ˈɹaɪoʊ/).
Further reading
- Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Hunsrik
Etymology
Etymology tree
Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese rio.[1] Has mostly displaced Fluss.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈriːo/
- Rhymes: -iːo
- Syllabification: Ri‧o
Noun
Rio f (plural Rios)
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Rio”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 134, column 1
Indonesian
Etymology
Proper noun
Rio
- a male given name from Javanese
Japanese
Romanization
Rio
Portuguese
Proper noun
Rio m
- clipping of Rio de Janeiro