# Rio Dell

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A city in Humboldt County, California, United States.

## Etymology
Coined in 1870 by Lorenzo Painter, owner of the eponymous Rio Dell Hotel, as a combination of Spanish río (“river”) and English dell (“a small wooded valley”).

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