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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-dey, 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-dey, -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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Example Sentences

Co-created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, “Mexodus” tells the fictional story of Henry, who evades his capture by fleeing Texas across the Rio Grande.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"Life is brutal, but it is also a paradise, and it's about going through many different moments," said Sonza, who is from Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

He lodged notable breakthroughs in parts of Florida, where he carried Miami-Dade County, and Texas, where he flipped the historically Democratic Rio Grande Valley.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

The funds will be used in part to develop a plant producing liquefied natural gas at Rio Grande in Texas, Pouyanne said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

On horseback, they were driving their sheep home from summer pasture fifty miles west, far on the other side of the Rio Grande gorge.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols