Ipanema Beach's city (3)

I believe the answer is:

rio

(Other definitions for rio that I've seen before include "Manchester United player in South American city, in short?" , "place of carnival" , "The ... Grande borders Texas and Mexico" , "Location of next Olympic Games, in short" , "A Mexican river, may be grande" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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