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'''Rio''' may refer to:
'''Rio''' may refer to:
* the [[Rio Magisterial District]]
* the [[Rio Magisterial District]],
* [[Rio Road]], a significant road,  
* [[Rio Road]], a significant road,  
* [[Rio Mills]], a historic site on the [[Rivanna River]]
* [[Rio Mills]], a historic site on the [[Rivanna River]],
* [[Rio Hill]], site of a civil war battle, or
* [[Rio Hill Shopping Center]], located on Rio Hill.
 
The pronunciation of "Rio" is a [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shibboleth shibboleth]; it is pronounced /'raɪ oʊ/, not /'riː oʊ/, as elsewhere.
 
==Local origins==
Historian [[Vera V. Via]] has said the local use of the name for Rio Road was "derived from the fact that railroad stop No. 10 was near the road.  It was written as "R.10," which became "Rio.""<ref>Maurer, David A. "Mapping out Name Game Took Effort." The Daily Progress [Charlottesville] 29 Aug. 2010: C1. Print.</ref>
 
==References==
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Revision as of 11:49, 29 August 2010


Rio may refer to:

The pronunciation of "Rio" is a shibboleth; it is pronounced /'raɪ oʊ/, not /'riː oʊ/, as elsewhere.

Local origins

Historian Vera V. Via has said the local use of the name for Rio Road was "derived from the fact that railroad stop No. 10 was near the road. It was written as "R.10," which became "Rio.""[1]

References

  1. Maurer, David A. "Mapping out Name Game Took Effort." The Daily Progress [Charlottesville] 29 Aug. 2010: C1. Print.