Rio de Janeiro

See also: Río de Janeiro

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Rio de Janeiro (“River of January”). The city was named after the Guanabara Bay (the word rio, which in modern Portuguese means "river", could also mean other water bodies such as bays in the 16th century) and the date it was discovered by Portuguese founders: January 1, 1502.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːəʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɪəɹəʊ/, /ˈɹiːəʊ de ʒəˈneəɹəʊ/

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Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro.
2. A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil.

Translations

state

• Arabic: رِيُو دِي جَانِيرُو (ar) f (riyū dī jānīrū)

  Hijazi Arabic: ريو دي جانيرو f (riyu di janēru)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 里約熱內盧／里约热内卢 (lei⁵ joek³ jit⁶ noi³ lou⁴)

  Mandarin: 里約熱內盧／里约热内卢 (zh) (Lǐyuē Rènèilú)

• Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejrio
• Finnish: Rio de Janeiro (fi)
• French: Rio de Janeiro (fr) m
• Galician: Río de Xaneiro (gl) m
• Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო (rio-de-žaneiro)
• Latin: Fluminis Ianuarii, Rivus Ianuarii m
• Macedonian: Рио де Жане́иро (Rio de Žanéiro)
• Polish: Rio de Janeiro (pl) n
• Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (pt) m
• Russian: шт. Ри́о-де-Жане́йро m (št. Río-dɛ-Žanɛ́jro)
• Spanish: Río de Janeiro (es) m
• Swedish: Rio de Janeiro n

municipality

• Afrikaans: Rio de Janeiro, (abbreviation) Rio
• Amharic: ሪዮ ዴ ጃኔይሮ (riyo de ǧaneyro)
• Arabic: رِيُّو دِي جَانِيرُو (ar) f (riyyū dī jānīrū)
• Armenian: Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո (Ṙio de Žaneyro)
• Azerbaijani: Rio-de-Janeyro
• Bashkir: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-janeyro)
• Basque: Rio de Janeiro
• Belarusian: Ры́а-дэ-Жанэ́йра m (Rýa-de-Žanéjra)
• Bengali: রিউ দি জানেইরু (riu di janeiru)
• Bulgarian: Ри́о де Жане́йро m (Río de Žanéjro)
• Burmese: ရီယို ဒီ ဂျီးနေးရိုးမြို့ (riyui di gyi:ne:rui:mrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 里約熱內盧／里约热内卢 (lei⁵ joek³ jit⁶ noi³ lou⁴)

  Mandarin: 里約熱內盧／里约热内卢 (zh) (Lǐyuē Rènèilú)

• Czech: Rio de Janeiro (cs)
• Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejro
• Finnish: Rio de Janeiro (fi)
• French: Rio de Janeiro (fr) m
• Galician: Río de Xaneiro (gl) m
• Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო (rio-de-žaneiro)
• German: Rio de Janeiro (de) n
• Greek: Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο (el) (Río nte Tzanéiro)
• Hawaiian: Riū-Ianuali, (abbreviation) Riū
• Hebrew: ריו דה ז׳ניירו / רִיוּ דֵה זַ׳נֵירוּ (riu de janeiru)
• Hindi: रियो डि जेनेरो (riyo ḍi jenero)
• Hungarian: Rio de Janeiro (hu)
• Indonesian: Rio de Janeiro
• Interlingua: Rio de Janeiro
• Italian: Rio de Janeiro (it) f
• Japanese: リオデジャネイロ (Rio de Janeiro), (abbreviation) リオ (Rio)
• Kannada: ರಿಯೋ ಡಿ ಜನೈರೊ (riyō ḍi janairo)
• Kazakh: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Janeiro)
• Khmer: រីយ៉ូដឺចេណេរ៉ូ (riiyou dəɨ ceeneerou), រីអូ ដេ ចាណេរ៉ូ (riiʼou dee caaneerou)
• Korean: 리우데자네이루 (Riudejaneiru)
• Kyrgyz: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Janeyro)
• Ladin: Rio de Djenero, Rio de Janeiro
• Latin: Rivus Ianuarii, Urbs Fluminensis
• Malay: Rio de Janeiro
• Mirandese: Riu de Janeiro
• Mongolian: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Žanejro)
• Norman: Riviéthe dé Janvyi f (Jersey)
• Occitan: Rio de Janeiro m
• Persian: ریو دو ژانیرو (rio do žâniro)
• Picard: Rio d' Janeiro
• Polish: Rio de Janeiro (pl) n
• Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (pt) m, (abbreviation) Rio (pt) m
• Romanian: Rio de Janeiro
• Russian: Ри́о-де-Жане́йро (ru) m (Río-dɛ-Žanɛ́jro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рио де Жанеиро m

  Roman: Rio de Žaneiro m

• Slovak: Rio de Janeiro
• Slovene: Rio de Janeiro
• Spanish: Río de Janeiro (es) m
• Swedish: Rio de Janeiro n
• Tajik: Рио-де-Жанейро (Rio-de-Žaneyro)
• Telugu: రియో ​​డి జనైరో (riyō ​​ḍi janairō)
• Thai: รีโอเดจาเนโร (rii-oo-dee-jaa-nee-roo)
• Turkish: Rio de Janeiro, Rio
• Turkmen: Rio-de-Žaneýro
• Ukrainian: Ріо-де-Жане́йро m (Rio-de-Žanéjro)
• Vietnamese: Rio de Janeiro
• Walloon: Riyo d' Djaneyiro

See also

• (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: en:States of Brazil)}
• Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʁiːo də ʒaˈneːʁo/

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Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro n (proper noun, genitive Rio de Janeiros or (optionally with an article) Rio de Janeiro)

1. A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil

   Synonym: Rio

2. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.o de ʒaˈnɛj.ro/

Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro f

1. A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil

   Synonym: Rio

2. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil

Japanese

Romanization

Rio de Janeiro

1. Rōmaji transcription of リオデジャネイロ
2. Rōmaji transcription of リオ・デ・ジャネイロ

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.jɔ dɛ ʐaˈnɛj.rɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛjrɔ

Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro n (indeclinable)

1. Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil)
2. Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)

Further reading

• Rio de Janeiro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Rio de Janeiro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “river of January”. The city was named after the Guanabara Bay (the word rio, which in modern Portuguese means "river", could also mean other water bodies such as bays in the 16th century) and the date it was discovered by Portuguese founders: January 1, 1502.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ˈʁiw d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ˈʁiw d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχi.u d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], /ˈʁiw d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχiʊ̯ d͡ʒi ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾu/ [ˈχiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u de ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhi.u de ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo], /ˈʁiw de ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhiʊ̯ de ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo], (colloquial) /ˈʁi.u d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhi.u d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo], (colloquial) /ˈʁiw d͡ʒaˈne(j).ɾo/ [ˈhiʊ̯ d͡ʒaˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnɐj.ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈnej.ɾu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u dɨ ʒɐˈne.ɾu/ [ˈʁi.u ðɨ ʒɐˈne.ɾu]

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Proper noun

Rio de Janeiro m

1. Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil)

   Synonym: Rio

2. Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)

   Synonym: RJ (abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rio de Janeiro.

Related terms

• carioca (demonym of city)
• fluminense (demonym of state)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}