Puerto Rico
See also: Puerto-Rico
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish Puerto Rico (“Rich Port”). In English, the name is commonly pronounced and was formerly spelled as "Porto Rico"; many other Spanish Puerto placenames were formerly also anglicized to Porto.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Puerto Rican" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌpwɛəɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/
Proper noun
- A self-governing Commonwealth in the Caribbean which is a territory of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
- 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
- PR (symbol)
Related terms
Translations
Caribbean Commonwealth
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See also
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
Spanish
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): Puerto-Rico
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpwertoˈriko/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: 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 (an island and territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea)
Synonyms
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