Rio Grande River

English Proper noun Rio Grande River 1 en Rio Grande. 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). Usage notes It is avoided by some speakers. Further reading en pleonastic compound nouns