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Puerto Rico

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See also:Puerto-Rico

English

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

Alternative forms

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Porto Rico

Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishPuerto Rico(literally“Rich Port”). In US English, the name is commonly pronounced and was formerly spelledPorto Rico; many other SpanishPuerto placenames were formerly also anglicized toPorto.^[1]

Pronunciation

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(US)IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/,[ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ]
(Puerto Rico)IPA^(key): /ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/,enPR:pwěrʹtō rēʹkō
Audio(US): (file)
(UK)IPA^(key): /ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/,/ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
(Caribbean)IPA^(key): /ˌpweːɹtəˈɹiːkoː/,/ˌpoːɹtəˈɹiːkoː/
Rhymes:-iːkəʊ

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Proper noun

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Puerto Rico

A self-governingcommonwealth anddependent territory of theUnited States in theCaribbean.
Synonyms:(official name)Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,(symbol)PR
- 2024 October 28, Danielle Kurtzleben, “Off-color jokes, vitriol take over Trump Madison Square Garden rally”, inNPR‎^[1]:
  He also added, “I lovePuerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone… watch the whole set.”
Theisland comprising most of that territory.
The indigenous Taíno name for the island ofPuerto Rico was 'Borikén', which literally means "Homeland of the People".

Caribbean Commonwealth

Arabic:بُورْتُو رِيكُو f(burtū rīkū),بُورْتُورِيكُو f(būrtūrīkū)
Hijazi Arabic:بورتو ريكو f(bōrtu rīku, pōrtu rīku)
Armenian:Պուերտո Ռիկո(Puerto Ṙiko)
Belarusian:Пуэрта-Ры́ка n(Puerta-Rýka),Пўэрта-Ры́ка n(Pwerta-Rýka)
Breton:Puerto Rico (br)
Bulgarian:Пуерто Ри́ко n(Puerto Ríko)
Catalan:Puerto Rico (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese:波多黎各(bo¹ do¹ lai⁴ gok³)
Mandarin:波多黎各 (zh)(Bōduōlígè)
Corsican:Portu Ricu m,Portiricu m
Czech:Portorico n,Portoriko (cs) n
Danish:Puerto Rico (da) n
Dutch:Puerto Rico (nl) n,Porto Rico n
Esperanto:Portoriko,Puerto-Riko,Porto-Riko
Faroese:Puerto Riko
Finnish:Puerto Rico (fi)
French:Porto Rico (fr) m,Puerto Rico (fr) m
Galician:Porto Rico (gl) m
Georgian:პუერტო-რიკო(ṗuerṭo-riḳo)
German:Puerto Rico (de) n
Greek:Πουέρτο Ρίκο (el) n(Pouérto Ríko),Πόρτο Ρίκο n(Pórto Ríko)
Hawaiian:Pokoliko
Hebrew:פורטו ריקו f(porto riko)
Hindi:पोर्टो रीको m(porṭo rīko)
Hungarian:Puerto Rico (hu)
Icelandic:Púertó Ríkó
Ido:Porto-Riko (io)
Interlingua:Puerto Rico
Inuktitut:ᐳᕐᑐ ᕆᑯ(porto riko)
Irish:Pórtó Ríce
Italian:Porto Rico (it) m
Japanese:プエルトリコ (ja)(Puerutoriko)
Khmer:ព័រតូរីកូ (km)(pɔətou riikou)
Korean:푸에르토리코 (ko)(Puereutoriko)
Lao:ເປີໂຕຣິໂກ(pœ̄ tr kō)
Latin:Portus Dives
Latvian:Puertoriko f
Lithuanian:Puerto Rikas (lt) m
Macedonian:Портори́ко n(Portoríko)
Maltese:Porto Riko
Norman:Puerto Rico m
Norwegian:
Bokmål:Puerto Rico
Nynorsk:Puerto Rico
Papiamentu:Puerto Rico m
Polish:Portoryko (pl) n,Puerto Rico (pl) n
Portuguese:Porto Rico (pt)
Romanian:Porto Rico,Puerto Rico
Russian:Пуэ́рто-Ри́ко m or n(Puérto-Ríko)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman:Portoriko (sh) m,Porto Riko m
Slovak:Portoriko
Spanish:Puerto Rico (es) m
Swedish:Puerto Rico (sv) n
Thai:ปวยร์โตรีโก(bpuai-dtoo-rii-gôo)
Turkish:Porto Riko (tr)
Ukrainian:Пуерто-Ри́ко n(Puerto-Rýko)
Vietnamese:Pu-éc-tô Ri-cô
West Frisian:Porto Riko n
Yiddish:פּוערטאָ ריקאָ(puerto riko)
Yoruba:Pọto Riko

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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

References

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^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).