Puerto Rico

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See also: Puerto-Rico

English

A map of the Americas with an insert highlighting Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico in the Americas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico (literally “Rich Port”). In English, the name is commonly pronounced and was formerly spelled Porto Rico; many other Spanish Puerto placenames were formerly also anglicized to Porto.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/, [ˌpɔɹɾəˈɹikoʊ]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "espcially in Puerto Rico" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌpwɛəɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/, enPR: pwěrʹtō rēʹkō
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Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. A self-governing commonwealth and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean.
    Synonyms: (official name) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (symbol) PR
  2. The island comprising most of that territory.
    The indigenous Taíno name for the island of Puerto Rico was 'Borikén', which literally means "Land of the Valiant Lord".

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
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Federal district: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Examples include Portobelo, Panama (formerly called "Porto Bello" in English and "Puerto..." in Spanish); "Porto Cabello" (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela); and "Porto Principe" (Puerto Principe, the settlement which later moved and became Camagüey, Cuba).

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico.

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico.

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

Romanian

Proper noun

Puerto Rico n

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpweɾto ˈriko/ [ˌpweɾ.t̪o ˈri.ko]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Puerto Rico" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌpwe̞lto̞ˈχiko̞/

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
    Synonym: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
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