Southern Hemisphere city, briefly (3)

I believe the answer is:

rio

(Other definitions for rio that I've seen before include "Location of next Olympic Games, in short" , "Erstwhile home of Biggs" , "Port, -- de Janeiro" , "Flying Down to -, Astaire, Rogers film" , "Brazilian city and port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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