Rio Grande

geographical name

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ˌrē-(ˌ)ō-ˈgrand How to pronounce Rio Grande (audio)
-ˈgran-dē,
 also  ˌrī-ō-ˈgrand
or Mexican Spanish Río Bravo river 1885 miles (3034 kilometers) long in the southwestern U.S. forming the boundary between Mexico and Texas and flowing from the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico
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or Rio Grande do Sul city in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil, west of the entrance to Lagoa dos Patos population 197,228
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ˌrē-(ˌ)ō-ˈgrän-dā How to pronounce Rio Grande (audio)
-dē
municipality in northeastern Puerto Rico east-southeast of San Juan population 54,304
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