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Rio

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Rio
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Rio de Janeiro, Rio
1. a port in SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay: the country's chief port and its capital from 1763 to 1960; backed by mountains, notably Sugar Loaf Mountain; founded by the French in 1555 and taken by the Portuguese in 1567. Pop.: 11 469 000 (2005 est.)
2. a state of E Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro. Pop.: 14 724 475 (2002). Area: 42 911 sq. km (16 568 sq. miles)


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-- Leaving Socego, we rode to another estate on the Rio Macae, which was the last patch of cultivated ground in that direction.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
Corpus Christi, in the county of Nueces, and all the cities situated on the Rio Bravo, Laredo, Comalites, San Ignacio on the Web, Rio Grande City on the Starr, Edinburgh in the Hidalgo, Santa Rita, Elpanda, Brownsville in the Cameron, formed an imposing league against the pretensions of Florida.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
We got to go rollin' down to Rio as well as sing about it to a lot of cheap skates.
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