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
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/, [ˌpɔɹɾəˈɹikoʊ]
  • (Puerto Rican) IPA(key): /ˌpwɛəɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. A self-governing Commonwealth in the Caribbean which is a territory of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  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
  • PR (symbol)

Derived terms
  • Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands / Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands / Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands

Translations

See also
  • San Juan
  • Appendix:Countries of the world

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

Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌpwertoˈriko/
  • (Puerto Rico) IPA(key): /ˌpwe̞lto̞ˈχiko̞/

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico (an island and territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea)

Synonyms
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