Rio Grande

¹

[ ree-oh grand, gran-dee, grahn-dey Portuguese ree-oo grahn-di ]

noun

1. Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long.
2. a river flowing W from SE Brazil into the Paraná River. 650 miles (1,050 km) long.
3. Also called Rio Grande do Sul. São Pedro do Río Grande do Sul.

Río Grande

²

[ ree-oh grahn-dey, -dee; Spanish ree-aw grahn-de ]

noun

1. a city in NE Puerto Rico.
2. a river in central Nicaragua, flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 200 miles (320 km) long.

Rio Grande

noun

1. ˈriːəʊ ˈɡrændˈɡrændɪ a river in North America, rising in SW Colorado and flowing southeast to the Gulf of Mexico, forming the border between the US and Mexico. Length: about 3030 km (1885 miles) Mexican nameRío Bravo
2. ˈriu ˈɡrəndi a port in SE Brazil, in SE Rio Grande do Sul state: serves as the port for Porto Alegre. Pop: 188 000 (2005 est)

Rio Grande

1. River running east from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico , dividing the United States from Mexico .

Example Sentences

On at least three occasions, Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents have encountered groups of nearly 200 migrants.

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Perfect for wildlife watching, hiking trails snake through canyons beside the swirling Rio Grande in the US-Mexico borderlands.

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Another day, head down to the border to explore Santa Elena Canyon, which sits on the Rio Grande.

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This 50-mile stretch provides a rough, borderlands kind of beauty as the road climbs and dives along the Rio Grande.

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The fact that the Rio Grande rise also harbors traces of iron and manganese was not lost on the minerals industry.

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In Rio Grande we found an excellent supper, convenient sleeping apartments, and a good breakfast the next morning.

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The two localities concerned are in the Valley of the Rio Grande, and are only about five miles apart.

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As you will find, when you have time to take a walk, this reservation is right on the bank of the Rio Grande River.

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When the first halt was called the column stopped on a lonely stretch of the highway, in sight of the Rio Grande.

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Then, around a corner of the road, not far away, wagons turned and made toward the shore of the Rio Grande.

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