Rio
[ˈri.oʊ]Meaning
the Spanish and Portuguese word for "river"
Background Story
Rio is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "river". In Italian the word also exists but is largely obsolete, used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". As a Japanese name it can be written with 莉 or 里 for the first element and 央, 緒 or 桜 for the second, among other kanji combinations.
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