Rio

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Rio is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "river". Aside from its use in the name of many rivers, Rio or RIO is used in a number of other ways.

Place names, other than rivers:

Rio de Janeiro, second major city and a state in Brazil (the city is commonly known as just Rio)
Rio Bec, a Mayan archaeological site
The following place names in the United States:
* Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County
* Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County
* Rio, New York, a community in Orange County
* Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County
* Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County
* Rio Blanco County, Colorado
* Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
* Rio Grande
* Rio Bravo
* Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
Place names in other languages:
* Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras

In music:

Rio (album), an album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran
* Rio (single), the hit title song from that album
Rock in Rio (album), a live album by the rock group Iron Maiden
Rush in Rio, a live album by the rock group Rush
Rio (band), a Peruvian rock band
Rock in Rio, music festival in Brazil and Portugal
Rock in Opposition, a musical movement

In the military:

RIO, Radar intercept officer

In business:

Regional Interface Operation, in finance

In technology:

Rio (digital audio players)
* Rio PMP300
* Rio Karma
* Rio Carbon
* Rio Car, a vehicle digital audio player
Rio (program), the windowing system of the Plan 9 operating system
RiO (program), an electronic patient record system for the British NHS
Reference Interconnect Offer, in telecommunication

In transportation:

Kia Motors, a Korean car manufacturer
* Kia Rio
Ford Del Rio, a 1950s station wagon
Panther Rio, a 1970s luxury sedan by British car makers Panther Westwinds

In politics:

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

In fiction:

"Wooden Sword" Ryu, known as Rio in the English-language anime version of Shaman King
Rio Kitagawa, a character in Doki Doki School Hours (Sensei no Ojikan)
Rio Mamiya, a character in Starship Operators
Rio Takeuchi, a character in
Rio Hinayama, a character in ToHeart
Rio (Super Metroid), a character in the Nintendo video game Super Metroid

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