# Río de Oro

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. One of the two territories (the other being Saguia el-Hamra) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969; it had been taken as a Spanish colonial possession in the late 19th century.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Río de Oro (literally “Gold River”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rio-de-oro