rito

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/ˈɹitoʊ/

noun

The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific.

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nounrito (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific.

rito2

nounrito (plural ritos)

plural ritos

  1. USrareA stream in the western US.

    Many small streams and ritos flow down the slopes feeding the Rio Puerco, Chama and Jemez Rivers.

    1961, New Mexico Wildlife, volumes 6-10, page 3
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    […] to form tiny rills that descended and gathered into larger rititos that rollicked and frollicked as they tumbled down into the ritos that carried the spring run-offs and summer rains across alpine meadows […]

    1994, Roberto Andrés Lucero, Sangre Del Monte, page 125

    On this day all the waters of the earth are blessed, the seas, the rivers and the ritos, the clear forest streams and all the muddy acequias meandering through the fields.

    2010, A. Kyce Bello, The Return of the River, page 192

Rito3

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Lutos (“a Central Sudanic language”).

    Synonyms: Lutos

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proper nounSynonym of Lutos (“a Central Sudanic language”).

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Origin

  1. Spanishrío
  2. Englishrito

From New Mexico and Colorado Spanish rito, from Spanish río + -ito.

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APA

rito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rito

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“rito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rito. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rito,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rito.

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