Rio Grande

English Alternative forms en Rio Grande River commonly used but considered a pleonasm since Rio means river Etymology en es Río Grande big river. thumb|The Rio Grande river basin Pronunciation en /ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹænd/ 1 en /ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹændeɪ/ /ˌɹiːoʊˈɡɹɑːndeɪ/ partly hispanicised en /ˌɹaɪ.oʊ ˈɡɹænd/ dated Proper noun 1 1 en Q160636en A <<major river>> in the <<c/United States,Mexico>>, starting in <<s:also/Colorado>>, flowing through <<s/New Mexico>> and forming the boundary between <<s/Texas>> and the Mexican states of <<s/Chihuahua,Coahuila,Nuevo León,Tamaulipas>> for most of its length. en 1848 w:Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo_(original) Article V.The Boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of it’s deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to it’s western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila; (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then, to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same;) thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river, until it empties into the Rio Colorado; thence, across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific Ocean. en 1864 w:William Henry Hurlbert General McClellan and the Conduct of the War https://archive.org/details/generalmcclellan00hurl/ New York Sheldon and Company 5111446 13501171M 12 https://archive.org/details/generalmcclellan00hurl/page/12/ He was graduated with the second honors of his class in 1846; assigned to duty with a company of the Engineers, and ordered before the close of the year into active service on the line of the Rio Grande River. en 1979 James Wakefield Burke A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas https://archive.org/details/forgottenglorymi0000burk/ Waco, TX Texian Press 0-87244-049-4 79-90786 5976650 11113151M 62 https://archive.org/details/forgottenglorymi0000burk/page/62/ The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were in the habit of going to the missions in the Spanish provinces below the Rio Grande River to solicit the padres to come to teach and baptize them in their villages. en 1991 Gary Reyes Texas: the Land, the People, the Cities https://archive.org/details/texaslandpeoplec00reye/ Mallard Press 0-7924-5302-6 970453252 7811057M 10 https://archive.org/details/texaslandpeoplec00reye/page/10/ When Mexico gained its independence from Spain, the new country also obtained control over the lands North of the Rio Grande River that had been previously held by the Spanish. en 2017 Philip J. Potter Explorers and Their Quest For North America https://archive.org/details/explorersandtheirquestfornorthamericabyphilipj.potter/ w:Pen & Sword 978-1-52672-053-5 1066485525 28373524M 118 https://archive.org/details/explorersandtheirquestfornorthamericabyphilipj.potter/page/n118/ Leaving Acoma, the captain and his soldiers advanced north-east, reaching the Rio Grande River on 7 September. en 2021 Joseph Masco The Future of Fallout, and Other Episodes in Radioactive World-Making https://archive.org/details/futureoffallouto00masc/ w:Duke University Press 9781478010081 2020018847 1191457438 29507244M 54 https://archive.org/details/futureoffallouto00masc/page/54/ In the immediate post-Cold War moment, New Mexico’s military role only expanded in importance, with formal calls for the twenty-first-century U.S. nuclear weapons complex to be consolidated along the Rio Grande River (Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force 1995). en Kayla Guo Texas’ floating barrier in the Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says w:The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/30/texas-floating-barrier-rio-grande-court-ruling/ 2024-07-30 Texas began deploying chains of specially designed buoys down the middle of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass to deter migrants from crossing illegally in June 2023, sparking protests from migrant activists and from the Mexican government. https://web.archive.org/web/20261002204000/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/30/texas-floating-barrier-rio-grande-court-ruling/ 2 October 2026 en without "the" en ucomm/and/CDP twp/Lower Township and twp/Middle Township co/Cape May County s/New Jersey c/USA, named after the above river. TopoZone: Rio Grande, New Jersey Derived terms en Rio Grande City Rio Grande County Rio Grande River Rio Grande Valley Translations river between Mexico and Texas Apache: Jicarilla: apj Kótsoi Navajo: nv Tooh Baʼáadii Polish: pl Rio Grande n Portuguese: pt Rio Grande m Spanish: es Río Bravo m, es Río Bravo del Norte m References Portuguese Proper noun m Rio Grande pt Rio Grande do Sul pt Rio Grande do Norte pt municipality s/Rio Grande do Sul c/Brazil pt Rio Grande Q160636