Rio Grande River

English

Proper noun

the Rio Grande River

1. Alternative form of Rio Grande
   • 1864, William Henry Hurlbert, General McClellan and the Conduct of the War‎^[1], New York: Sheldon and Company, →OCLC, →OL, 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.

   • 1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas‎^[2], Waco, TX: Texian Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.

   • 1991, Gary Reyes, Texas: the Land, the People, the Cities‎^[3], Mallard Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.

   • 2017, Philip J. Potter, Explorers and Their Quest For North America‎^[4], Pen & Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 118:

     Leaving Acoma, the captain and his soldiers advanced north-east, reaching the Rio Grande River on 7 September.

   • 2021, Joseph Masco, The Future of Fallout, and Other Episodes in Radioactive World-Making‎^[5], Duke University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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

• “Rio Grande River”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Rio Grande River” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.