CARIOCA Meaning of CARIOCA in English [ ˌkarɪ'əʊkə ]■ noun1》 a native of Rio de Janeiro. 2》 a Brazilian dance resembling the samba.OriginC19: from Port., from Tupi kari'oka 'house of the white man'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004