Rio

Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, and Maltese word for "river". The term also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream"; the standard Italian word for "river" is fiume.

Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to:

Brazil

 * Rio de Janeiro, often referred to as simply Rio
 * Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Mexico

 * Río Bec, a Mayan archaeological site in Mexico
 * Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico

United States

 * Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, US
 * Rio, Florida, a census-designated place in Martin County, US
 * Rio, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Spalding County, US
 * Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, US
 * Rio, Virginia, a community in Albemarle County, US
 * Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, US
 * Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, US
 * El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Arriba, Añasco, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Arriba, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Arriba, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Arriba, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Abajo, Ceiba, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Abajo, Cidra, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Abajo, Humacao, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Abajo, Utuado, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Río Abajo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a barrio
 * Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, US
 * Rio Grande Valley (Texas), a location in south Texas
 * RIO Washingtonian Center (also stylized as rio), a shopping center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, US

Elsewhere

 * Rio, Italy, a municipality on the island of Elba in Tuscany
 * Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras
 * Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala
 * Rio Grande (disambiguation)
 * Río Muni, the mainland of Equatorial Guinea
 * Rio Tuba, a barrio in the province of Palawan, Philippines

Men

 * Rio Ferdinand (born 1978), English football player
 * Rio Gomez (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Rio Haryanto (born 1993), Indonesian racing driver
 * Rio Komiya (小宮 璃央), male Japanese model and actor
 * Rio Mavuba (born 1984), French football player
 * Rio Nitta (二田 理央), male Japanese footballer
 * Rio Noguchi (野口 莉央), male Japanese tennis player
 * Rio Omori (大森 理生), male Japanese footballer
 * Rio Reiser (1950–1996), German singer
 * Rio Ruiz (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Rio Sakuma (佐久間 理央), male Japanese footballer

Women

 * Rio Hirai (平井 理央), Japanese TV announcer
 * Rio Kanno (菅野 莉央), Japanese actress
 * Rio Kishida (岸田 理生), Japanese playwright
 * Rio Matsumoto (born 1982), Japanese actress, model and singer
 * Rio Natsuki (born 1969), Japanese voice actress
 * Rio Natsume (夏目 理緒), Japanese gravure idol
 * Rio Sasaki (佐々木 りお), Japanese child actress
 * Rio Shimamoto (島本 理生), Japanese writer
 * Rio Shimono (下野 璃央), Japanese racing driver
 * Rio Shirai (白井 璃緒), Japanese swimmer
 * Rio Suzuki (born 2005), Japanese child actress
 * Rio Takizawa (瀧澤 莉央), Japanese footballer
 * Rio Teramoto (寺本 莉緒), Japanese Gravure idol
 * Rio Uchida (内田 理央), Japanese actress
 * Rio Waida (和井田 理央), Indonesian professional surfer
 * Rio Watari (渡利 璃穏), Japanese wrestler
 * Rio Yamase (山瀬 理桜), Japanese violinist
 * Rio Yamashita (山下 リオ), Japanese actress
 * Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol

Surname

 * Al Rio (1962–2012), Brazilian comic book artist
 * Alexis-François Rio (1797–1874), French author and art critic
 * Michel Rio (footballer) (born 1963), former French footballer
 * Michel Rio (born 1945), French writer and novelist
 * Neiphiu Rio (born 1950), Indian politician
 * Patrice Rio (born 1948), former French footballer
 * Zhaleo Rio (born 1953), Indian politician

Films

 * Rio (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone
 * Rio (2011 film), a 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios
 * 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
 * Rio: Rainbow Gate!, a 2011 anime series based on a pachinko franchise by Tecmo

Fictional characters

 * Rio (Money Heist), a code-name for a character in Netflix series Money Heist
 * Rio (Shaman King), a character in the anime series Shaman King
 * 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, a cowgirl in Bob the Builder
 * Rio Futaba (双葉 理央), a character of the light novel and anime series Seishun Buta Yarō
 * Rio Kastle, a character in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
 * Rio Kazumiya, a character in the anime series Sound of the Sky
 * Rio Nakamura, a character in the anime series Assassination Classroom
 * Rio Suzuki, a character from The Gods Lie
 * Rio "Rollins" Tachibana, a character in the Rio: Rainbow Gate anime, as well as some titles in the Dead or Alive video games
 * Rio Wellard, a character from The Story of Tracy Beaker series
 * Rio Tsukatsuki, a character from the mobile game Blue Archive

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
 * Los del Río, the Spanish music duo that gained international fame for their 1995 song "Macarena"
 * Rock in Opposition, or RIO, a musical movement in the 1970s
 * Rock in Rio, a series of music festivals held in Brazil and Portugal

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
 * Rock in Rio (album), a 2001 live album by Iron Maiden
 * Rush in Rio, a 2003 live album by Rush

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 organizations

 * Rio (British drink), British soft drink brand
 * Rio (Chinese drink), Chinese alcopop brand
 * Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, US, that opened in 1990
 * Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
 * Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
 * RIO Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy
 * Rio Tinto (corporation), a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873
 * Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, several institutes in India

Politics

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

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
 * Ford Del Rio, an American station wagon

Air transportation

 * Avian Rio, a British hang glider
 * RIO, the IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro

Automobiles

 * 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
 * Ford Del Rio, a 1957–1958 American full-size station wagon

Other

 * Rio (surname)
 * the name of a Lake District town in Swallows and Amazons, an English children's novel
 * Research Ideas and Outcomes, an open-access journal