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RIO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction

Synonyms:

Rio; Rio de Janeiro

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Rio"):

Carioca (a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro)

Holonyms ("Rio" is a part of...):

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Oceanographic ship Ary Rongel set off Wednesday (Oct. 11) from Rio de Janeiro with 107 crew members to provide support for Brazil’s scientific research projects in Antarctica.

(Brazil ship off to Antarctica for research support, Agência Brasil)

But after DNA testing on the blood of infected people in Rio de Janeiro, the team found that their disease was caused by the Plasmodium simium parasite, not P. vivax.

(Human malaria spread from monkeys found in Brazil, SciDev.Net)

A parasite that causes malaria in monkeys infected 50 people between 2015 and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, in the Mata Atlântica region.

(Human malaria spread from monkeys found in Brazil, SciDev.Net)