South America
- Amazon River: Greek (after the Amazons) alt. Indian (from Amassona 'boat destroyer')
- Río Calle-Calle: Mapudungun for "lot of Iridaceaes"
- Río Cochrane: after Lord Cochrane who served in the Chilean Navy
- Río Futaleufú: Mapudungun for "big river"
- Río Ibañez: after Carlos Ibáñez del Campo former president of Chile
- Río Imperial: after the old city of Carahue, formelry known as Imperial.
- Paraná River: Guarani "Copious River"
- Río de la Plata: Spanish for "Silver River"
- Rio Roosevelt (sometimes Rio Teodoro): after Theodore Roosevelt
- Río Valdivia: after the Spanish conquistador of Chile Pedro de Valdivia
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