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Puerto Rico
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Puerto-Rico
English
alt=A map of the Americas with an insert highlighting Puerto Rico|thumb|right|Puerto Rico in the Americas
Alternative forms
en Porto Rico
Etymology
en es Puerto Rico Rich Port. In US English, the name is commonly pronounced and was formerly spelled en Porto Rico; many other Spanish Puerto placenames were formerly also anglicized to Porto.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).
Pronunciation
en /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/ [ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ] 1 US
en /ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/ 1 Puerto Rico, pwěrʹtō rēʹkō
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-9h8s-Puerto Rico.wav US
en /ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/ /ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/ 1 UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Puerto Rico.wav Southern England
en /ˌpweːɹtəˈɹiːkoː/ /ˌpoːɹtəˈɹiːkoː/ Caribbean
en iːkəʊ 4
en please add American and Puerto Rican accents speakers
Proper noun
1
en Q1183 en A self-governing <<commonwealth>> and <<dependent territory>> of the <<c/United States>> in the <<r/Caribbean>> a <<commonwealth>>, <<island>> and <<dependent territory>> of the <<c/United States>> in the <<r/Caribbean>>.
en Commonwealth of Puerto Rico official name PR symbol
en Danielle Kurtzleben Off-color jokes, vitriol take over Trump Madison Square Garden rally w:NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/10/27/g-s1-30232/trump-madison-square-garden-insults 2024-10-28 He also added, “I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone… watch the whole set.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260929214628/https://www.npr.org/2024/10/27/g-s1-30232/trump-madison-square-garden-insults 29 September 2026
en Q2076337 en The <<island>> comprising most of that territory.
en Borikén
en The indigenous Taíno name for the island of Puerto Rico was 'Borikén', which literally means "Homeland of the People".
Derived terms
en Puertopia Puerto Rican
Translations
territory of the United States of America in the Caribbean
Arabic: ar بُورْتُو رِيكُو mf burtū rīkū, ar بُورْتُورِيكُو mf
Hijazi Arabic: acw بورتو ريكو f bōrtu rīku, pōrtu rīku
Armenian: hy Պուերտո Ռիկո
Asturian: ast Puerto Rico, ast Puertu Ricu
Belarusian: be Пуэрта-Ры́ка n, be Пўэрта-Ры́ка n
Breton: br Puerto Rico
Bulgarian: bg Пуерто Ри́ко n
Catalan: ca Puerto Rico m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 波多黎各 bo1 do1 lai4 gok3
Mandarin: cmn 波多黎各 Bōduōlígè
Corsican: co Portu Ricu m, co Portiricu m
Czech: cs Portorico n, cs Portoriko n
Danish: da Puerto Rico n
Dutch: nl Puerto Rico n, nl Porto Rico n
Esperanto: eo Portoriko, eo Puerto-Riko, eo Porto-Riko
Faroese: fo Puerto Riko
Finnish: fi Puerto Rico
French: fr Porto Rico m, fr Puerto Rico m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Porto Riko n
Galician: gl Porto Rico m
Georgian: ka პუერტო-რიკო
German: de Puerto Rico n
Greek: el Πουέρτο Ρίκο n, el Πόρτο Ρίκο n
Hawaiian: haw Pokoliko
Hebrew: he פורטו ריקו f porto riko
Hindi: hi प्यूर्टो रिको m
Hungarian: hu Puerto Rico
Icelandic: is Púertó Ríkó
Ido: io Porto-Riko
Interlingua: ia Puerto Rico
Inuktitut: iu ᐳᕐᑐ ᕆᑯ
Irish: ga Pórtó Ríce
Italian: it Porto Rico m
Jamaican Creole: jam Puoto Riiko
Japanese: ja プエルトリコ Puerutoriko
Khmer: km ព័រតូរីកូ
Korean: ko ^푸에르토리코
Lao: lo ເປີໂຕຣິໂກ
Latin: la Portus Dives m
Latvian: lv Puertoriko f
Lithuanian: lt Puerto Rikas m
Macedonian: mk Портори́ко n
Maltese: mt Porto Riko
Norman: nrf Puerto Rico m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Puerto Rico
Nynorsk: nn Puerto Rico
Papiamentu: pap Puerto Rico m
Polish: pl Portoryko n, pl Puerto Rico n
Portuguese: pt Porto Rico
Romanian: ro Porto Rico, ro Puerto Rico
Russian: ru Пуэ́рто-Ри́ко m n
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: sh Portoriko m, sh Porto Riko m
Slovak: sk Portoriko
Spanish: es Puerto Rico m
Swedish: sv Puerto Rico n
Thai: th ปวยร์โตรีโก
Turkish: tr Porto Riko
Ukrainian: uk Пуерто-Ри́ко n
Vietnamese: vi Pu-éc-tô Ri-cô
Wolof: wo Poortorikoo
Yiddish: yi פּוערטאָ ריקאָ
Yoruba: yo Pọto Riko
Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
See also
en boricua San Juan
References
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Etymology
From nb es Puerto Rico.
Proper noun
nb proper noun Puerto Rico
nb Puerto Rico Q1183
Related terms
nb puertoricaner, nb puertorikaner
nb puertoricansk, nb puertorikansk
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
From nn es Puerto Rico.
Proper noun
nn proper noun Puerto Rico
nn Puerto Rico Q1183
Related terms
nn puertoricanar, nn puertorikanar
nn puertoricansk, nn puertorikansk
Romanian
Proper noun
n
ro Puerto Rico Q1183
Spanish
Alternative forms
es Puelto Rico pronunciation spelling
es Puerto-Rico obsolete
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Puerto Rico.wav<a:Spain>> raw:/ˌpwe̞ltoˈriko/<a:Puerto Rico><rhyme:iko<s:4>> +
es Puerto Rican accent
Proper noun
es proper noun Puerto Rico
es Puerto Rico Q1183 Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Swedish
sv:
Proper noun
n
sv Puerto Rico Q1183
Related terms
sv puertorican
sv puertoricansk
sv puertoricanska
References
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Svensk MeSH