rio de janeiro

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsRio

   Broadercity

   Part ofBrazil

Questions about rio de janeiro

What does rio de janeiro mean?

rio de janeiro means "the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction".

What is another word for rio de janeiro?

Close synonyms include Rio. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rio de janeiro a common word?

rio de janeiro is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.