Beyond its meaning as a phrase, Rio Grande is also the name of several rivers in Mexico, the United States, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, and Spain, although in some cases it is not the official name. There are also regions called Rio Grande as the city and department in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, a commune in the province of Catamarca and a locality in the province of San Luis (Argentina), a town in the department of Cochabamba and another in the department of Potosí (Bolivia). a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil , a village in the state of Ohio and a city in the U.S. state of Texas , a town in the parish of Portland, Jamaica , a municipality and a city in the state of Zacatecas , a town in the state of Durango and a town in the state of Oaxaca (Mexico) one corregimiento in the province of Coclé and another in the province of Veraguas (Panama), two districts in the departments of Ica and Arequipa respectively (Peru), and one municipality in Puerto Rico.
