# Rio

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**Rio** or **Río** is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "[river](/source/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](/source/Rio,_Florida), a census-designated place
- [Rio, Georgia](/source/Rio,_Georgia), an unincorporated community
- [Rio, Illinois](/source/Rio,_Illinois), a village
- Rio, a location in [Deerpark, New York](/source/Deerpark,_New_York)
- [Rio, Virginia](/source/Rio,_Virginia), a community
- [Rio, West Virginia](/source/Rio,_West_Virginia), a village
- [Rio, Wisconsin](/source/Rio,_Wisconsin), a village
- [El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico](/source/El_R%C3%ADo,_Las_Piedras,_Puerto_Rico), a barrio

### Elsewhere

- [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil, often referred to as simply Rio
- [Rio, Italy](/source/Rio,_Italy), a municipality on the island of Elba in Tuscany
- [Rio, Greece](/source/Rio,_Greece), a community in suburban Patras

## People

- [Rio (given name)](/source/Rio_(given_name))
- [Rio (surname)](/source/Rio_(surname))
- [Tina Yuzuki](/source/Tina_Yuzuki) (born 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol

## Arts and entertainment

### Films

- [*Rio* (1939 film)](/source/Rio_(1939_film)), starring Basil Rathbone
- [*Rio* (franchise)](/source/Rio_(franchise)), a film series and related media - [*Rio* (2011 film)](/source/Rio_(2011_film)), an animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios - [*Rio* (soundtrack)](/source/Rio_(soundtrack)) - *[Rio 2](/source/Rio_2)*, the 2014 sequel

### Television and anime

- ["Rio" (*CSI: Miami*)](/source/Rio_(CSI:_Miami)), the first episode in Season 5 (September 2006) of the American television program *CSI: Miami*
- [TVRío](/source/TVR%C3%ADo), a television station in Paysandú, Uruguay
- [TV Rio](/source/TV_Rio), a defunct television station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- '**, a 2011 anime series based on a pachinko franchise by Tecmo**

### Video games

- [*Rio* (video game)](/source/Rio_(video_game)), the 2011 tie-in game for Nintendo DS, Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360
- *[Angry Birds Rio](/source/Angry_Birds_Rio)*, an edition of the game *Angry Birds* tying into the release of *Rio*

### Music

- [R.I.O.](/source/R.I.O.), a German dance band
- [RIO (English band)](/source/RIO_(English_band)), an English rock duo
- [Rock in Opposition](/source/Rock_in_Opposition), or RIO, a musical movement in the 1970s

#### Albums

- [*Río* (Aterciopelados album)](/source/R%C3%ADo_(Aterciopelados_album)), 2008
- [*Rio* (Uri Caine album)](/source/Rio_(Uri_Caine_album)), 2001
- [*Rio* (Duran Duran album)](/source/Rio_(Duran_Duran_album)), 1982
- [*Rio* (Keith Jarrett album)](/source/Rio_(Keith_Jarrett_album)), 2011
- [*Rio* (Joyce album)](/source/Rio_(Joyce_album)), 2012
- [*Rio* (Trevor Rabin album)](/source/Rio_(Trevor_Rabin_album)), 2023
- [*Rio* (Lee Ritenour album)](/source/Rio_(Lee_Ritenour_album)), 1979

#### Songs

- ["Rio" (Duran Duran song)](/source/Rio_(Duran_Duran_song)), 1982
- ["Rio" (Ledri Vula song)](/source/Rio_(Ledri_Vula_song)), 2019
- "Rio", a song by [Hey Marseilles](/source/Hey_Marseilles) from the 2008 album *To Travels & Trunks*
- ["Rio" (Michael Nesmith song)](/source/Rio_(Michael_Nesmith_song)), 1977
- "Rio", a song by [Wavelength](/source/Wavelength_(band)) from the 1982 album *Hurry Home*

## Businesses and products

- [Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino](/source/Rio_All_Suite_Hotel_and_Casino), a resort in Las Vegas, United States
- [RIO Washingtonian Center](/source/RIO_Washingtonian_Center), also stylized as **rio**, a shopping center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- [Rio (British drink)](/source/Rio_(British_drink)), a British soft drink brand
- [Rio (Chinese drink)](/source/Rio_(Chinese_drink)), a Chinese alcopop brand
- [RIO Models](/source/RIO_Models), diecast miniature cars made in Italy

## Roles and professions

- [Radar Intercept Officer](/source/Radar_Intercept_Officer), or RIO
- Railway Investigation Officer, or RIO, a rank in the [Victoria Transit Patrol](/source/Victoria_Transit_Patrol)
- [Remote interface officer](/source/Remote_interface_officer) (RIO) Flight Controller, integrates communications between Mission Control Center Houston and other space centers

## Technology

- [Rio (digital audio players)](/source/Rio_(digital_audio_players)), a brand name of a line of digital audio players
- [Rio (windowing system)](/source/Rio_(windowing_system)), the windowing system for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system
- [Kyocera Rio](/source/Kyocera_Rio), or Kyocera E3100, a mobile phone
- Reconfigurable Input/Output, or RIO, found in devices such as the [CompactRIO](/source/CompactRIO)
- [Winsock RIO extensions](/source/Winsock_RIO_extensions), part of the Winsock network API

## Transportation

- [Avian Rio](/source/Avian_Rio), a British hang glider
- RIO, the [IATA airport code](/source/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code) for all airports near Rio de Janeiro
- [Kia Rio](/source/Kia_Rio), a 1999–present Korean subcompact car
- [Panther Rio](/source/Panther_Rio), a 1975–1977 British full-size sedan
- [Premier Rio](/source/Premier_Rio), a 2009–2018 Indian subcompact SUV

## Other uses

- [Rio Group](/source/Rio_Group), founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
- [Regional Institute of Ophthalmology](/source/Regional_Institute_of_Ophthalmology), several institutes in India
- [Regulatory Innovation Office](/source/Regulatory_Innovation_Office) (RIO)
- [Research Ideas and Outcomes](/source/Research_Ideas_and_Outcomes), an [open-access](/source/Open_access) journal
- a Lake District town in *[Swallows and Amazons](/source/Swallows_and_Amazons)*, an English children's novel
- [Revolutionary Internationalist Organisation](/source/Revolutionary_Internationalist_Organisation) (RIO), political party in Germany

## See also

- [Del Rio (disambiguation)](/source/Del_Rio_(disambiguation))
- [Regional Health Information Organization](/source/Regional_Health_Information_Organization) (RHIO)
- [Ríos (disambiguation)](/source/R%C3%ADos_(disambiguation))

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