Rio
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Rio or Río, the Portuguese and Spanish words for river, may refer to:
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Places
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Río Bec, Mayan archaeological site
- Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, a town in Guatemala
- Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico
- Rio Tuba, a barrio in the province of Palawan, Philippines
- Rio Grande (disambiguation)
- Rio Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Kewaunee County, US
- Rio, Florida, a small town in Martin County, US
- Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, US
- Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, US
- Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, US
- Rio, Greece, a community in suburban Patras, Greece
- Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, US
- Rio Grande Valley a location in south Texas
- Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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People
- Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), also known as Rio, Japanese AV idol
- Rio Ferdinand (born 1978), English football player
- Rio Mavuba (born 1984), French football player
- Rio Reiser (1950-1996), German singer
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Surname
- Al Rio (1962-2012), Brazilian comic book artist
- Alphonse Rio (1873-1949), French politician and minister in the French Third Republic
- Michel Rio (born 1945), French writer and novelist
- Patrice Rio (born 1948), former French footballer
- Michel Rio (footballer) (born 1963), former French footballer
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Music
- Rio (album), a 1982 album by the new wave/rock group Duran Duran
- "Rio" (song), the title song from the above Duran Duran album
- Rio (Lee Ritenour album), a 1979 jazz album by Lee Ritenour
- Rio (Keith Jarrett album), a 2011 jazz album by Keith Jarrett
- Los del Rio, the Spanish music duo that gained international fame for their 1995 song "Macarena"
- Rock in Rio, a series of music festivals held in Brazil and Portugal
- Rock in Rio (album), a 2001 live album recorded in Brazil by the rock group Iron Maiden
- Rush in Rio, a 2003 live album by the rock group Rush
- RIO, for Rock in Opposition, a musical movement in the 1970s
- "Rio", a song by Michael Nesmith which appears on his 1977 album From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing
- Rio (Aterciopelados album), 2008 album by the band Aterciopelados
- R.I.O., a German dance band
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Technology
- Rio (digital audio players), a brand name of a line of digital audio players
- Reconfigurable Input/Output, found in devices such as the CompactRIO
- rio (windowing system), the windowing system for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system
- Kyocera Rio, or Kyocera E3100, a mobile phone
- Winsock RIO extensions, part of the Winsock network API
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Organizations
- Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, a resort in Las Vegas, US, that opened in 1990
- Rio Tinto Group, a multinational mining and resources group founded in 1873
- Rio Group, founded 1986, an international organization of Latin American states
- Rio Convention, one of several commonly used "Rio" nicknames for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity
- rio, pronunciation of RHIO, Regional Health Information Organization, a type of organization whose purpose is integration and information exchange among healthcare stakeholders
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Transportation
- Avian Rio, a British hang glider
- Ford Del Rio, a 1950s station wagon made by Ford Motor Company
- Kia Rio, a 2000s subcompact car made by Kia Motors
- Panther Rio, a 1970s luxury sedan made by British car makers Panther Westwinds
- RIO, the IATA airport code for all airports near Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Models, diecast miniature cars made in Italy
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Politics
- The Rio Protocol of 1942, which temporarily settled a border war between Peru and Ecuador
- Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, a 1992 global sustainable development plan
- Rio Treaty or Rio Pact of 1947, more formally known as the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance
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Fiction
- Rio (1939 film), starring Basil Rathbone
- Rio (film), an 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios
- Angry Birds Rio, an edition of the game Angry Birds tying into the release of Rio
- Rio (Shaman King), a character in the anime series Shaman King
- Rio Hinayama, a character in To Heart, a 1997 visual novel
- 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" (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
- Rio 'Rollins' Tachibana, a character who appears in the Rio: Rainbow Gate anime, as well as some titles in the Dead or Alive video games.
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Other uses
- Radar Intercept Officer
- Railway Investigation Officer, a rank in the Victoria Transit Patrol
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