Nuyorican
See also: nuyorican
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBlend of New York + Puerto Rican.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌnuːjəˈɹiːkən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editNuyorican (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to New Yorkers of Puerto Rican descent.
Hypernyms
editNoun
editNuyorican (plural Nuyoricans)
- A New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent.
- 1976 May 14, David Vidal, “‘Nuyoricans’ Express Pain and Joy in Poetry”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- There are about 40 young men and women, largely second‐ and third-generation Puerto Rican New Yorkers who call themselves “Nuyoricans,” in the crowded storefront cafe at 505 East Sixth Street, on the Lower East Side.
Hypernyms
editProper noun
editNuyorican
- The variety of Spanish spoken by Nuyoricans.