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  Rio Grande

  noun

  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.
• Río Grande
  Río Grande

  noun

  a city in NE Puerto Rico.

Rio Grande

¹ American  

[ree-oh grand, gran-dee, grahn-day, ree-oo grahn-di] / ˈri oʊ ˈgrænd, ˈgræn di, ˈgrɑn deɪ, ˌri ʊ ˈgrɑ̃ dɪ /

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.

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Río Grande ² American  

[ree-oh grahn-day, -dee, ree-aw grahn-de] / ˈri oʊ ˈgrɑn deɪ, -di, ˈri ɔ ˈgrɑn dɛ /

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.

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Rio Grande British  

noun

1. Mexican name: Río Bravo. 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)

2. a port in SE Brazil, in SE Rio Grande do Sul state: serves as the port for Porto Alegre. Pop: 188 000 (2005 est)

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Rio Grande Cultural  

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

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In a campaign swing through the Rio Grande Valley, a heavily Latino part of the state, Hinojosa worked to shore up support among Latino voters preoccupied with the state of public education.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

There’s not a building in the Rio Grande Valley that was built without immigrant labor.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

It was derived from the people who waded across Texas’ Rio Grande into the U.S., but it was sometimes used interchangeably with any Latino workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The persistent drought has also highlighted broader concerns about the future of water along the Rio Grande.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Lourdes Izaguirre, Gabi’s aunt, arrives at the Rio Grande exhausted, worried, and crying.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

For “Un Verano Sin Ti,” he decided to explore the eastern side, near Río Grande and Fajardo.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

In Río Grande, just east of San Juan, Milton Falero Santiago decided to keep his restaurant operating with his generator.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2022

At three leagues we encountered the Río Grande.

From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Sherburne Friend Cook

The state is crossed by a series of mostly impassable, mountainous ridges beginning at the northwestern boundary at the Cañon de Boquillas on the Río Grande and extending southeastward to the east-central border.

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From extreme southern Colorado south across New Mexico to the Mexican border T. sirtalis occurs in continuous or nearly continuous populations in the Río Grande Valley, and has been recorded from many localities.

From Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains by Henry S. Fitch

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