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Revision as of 18:47, 12 June 2022
See also: Puerto-Rico
English
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
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/, [ˌpɔɹɾəˈɹikoʊ]
- (espcially in Puerto Rico) IPA(key): /ˌpwɛəɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/, enPR: pwěrʹtō rēʹkō
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Puerto Rico
- A self-governing Commonwealth in the Caribbean which is a territory of the United States.
- Synonyms: (official name) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (symbol) PR
- 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
Caribbean Commonwealth
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See also
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
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
- Puerto Rico on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- ^ 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
Etymology
From Spanish Puerto Rico
Proper noun
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Spanish Puerto Rico
Proper noun
Related terms
Romanian
Proper noun
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
- Puerto Rico (an island and territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea)
- Synonym: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
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