Rio de Janeiro

Etymology
From. The city was named after the (the word , 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.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Hijazi Arabic: ريو دي جانيرو
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 里約熱內盧
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejrio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო
 * Latin: Fluminis Ianuarii, Rivus Ianuarii
 * Macedonian: Рио де Жане́иро
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: шт. Ри́о-де-Жане́йро
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Rio de Janeiro


 * Afrikaans: Rio de Janeiro, Rio
 * Amharic: ሪዮ ዴ ጃኔይሮ
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո
 * Azerbaijani: Rio-de-Janeyro
 * Bashkir: Рио-де-Жанейро
 * Basque: Rio de Janeiro
 * Belarusian: Ры́а-дэ-Жанэ́йра
 * Bengali: রিউ দি জানেইরু
 * Bulgarian: Ри́о де Жане́йро
 * Burmese: ရီယို ဒီ ဂျီးနေးရိုးမြို့
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 里約熱內盧
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Riū-Ianuali, Riū
 * Hebrew: ריו דה ז׳ניירו
 * Hindi: रियो डि जेनेरो
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: Rio de Janeiro
 * Interlingua: Rio de Janeiro
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, リオ
 * Kannada: ರಿಯೋ ಡಿ ಜನೈರೊ
 * Kazakh: Рио-де-Жанейро
 * Khmer: រីយ៉ូដឺចេណេរ៉ូ, រីអូ ដេ ចាណេរ៉ូ
 * Korean: ^리우데자네이루
 * Kyrgyz: Рио-де-Жанейро
 * Ladin: Rio de Djenero, Rio de Janeiro
 * Latin: Rivus Ianuarii, Urbs Fluminensis
 * Malay: Rio de Janeiro
 * Mirandese: Riu de Janeiro
 * Mongolian: Рио-де-Жанейро
 * Norman: Riviéthe dé Janvyi
 * Occitan: Rio de Janeiro
 * Persian: ریو دو ژانیرو
 * Picard: Rio d' Janeiro
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: Rio de Janeiro
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Рио де Жанеиро
 * Roman: Rio de Žaneiro
 * Slovak: Rio de Janeiro
 * Slovene: Rio de Janeiro
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Rio de Janeiro
 * Tajik: Рио-де-Жанейро
 * Telugu: రియో ​​డి జనైరో
 * Thai: รีโอเดจาเนโร
 * Turkish: Rio de Janeiro, Rio
 * Turkmen: Rio-de-Žaneýro
 * Ukrainian: Ріо-де-Жане́йро
 * Vietnamese: Rio de Janeiro
 * Walloon: Riyo d' Djaneyiro

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Etymology
lit. 'river of January'. The city was named after the (the word , 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.

Related terms

 * demonym of city
 * demonym of state