HOW TO PRONOUNCE
Rio Grande
/ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹænd/
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What does Rio Grande mean?
proper noun
- A major river in the United States and Mexico, starting in Colorado, flowing through New Mexico, and forming the boundary between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas for most of its length.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lower Township and Middle Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, named after the above river.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹænd/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹændeɪ//ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹɑːndeɪ/
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Harvey Fergusson, in Rio Grande, has written a penetrating criticism of the man and his subject.
“To the right of the Sierra Blanco—so we shall reach the Rio Grande,” said another.
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Several times I crossed the narrow track of the quaint little Rio Grande Railroad, so that it was a very cheerful ride.
We might state that the large communal houses, known as pueblos, are found as far south on the Rio Grande as Valverde.
In vast herds of hundreds of thousands of individuals, they roamed from the Saskatchewan to the Rio Grande and westward to the Rocky Mountains.