Rio

Template:Sister project 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

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)

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