Puerto Rico
See also: Puerto-Rico
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish Puerto Rico (literally “Rich Port”). In US English, the name is commonly pronounced and was formerly spelled Porto Rico; many other Spanish Puerto placenames were formerly also anglicized to Porto.[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/, [ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ]
- (especially in Puerto Rico) IPA(key): /ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/, enPR: pwěrʹtō rēʹkō
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/, /ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Puerto Rico
- A self-governing commonwealth and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean.
- Synonyms: (official name) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (symbol) PR
- 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".
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Caribbean Commonwealth
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See alsoEdit
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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).
Further readingEdit
- Puerto Rico on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish Puerto Rico.
Proper nounEdit
- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
Related termsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish Puerto Rico.
Proper nounEdit
- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
Related termsEdit
RomanianEdit
Proper nounEdit
- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Puerto-Rico (obsolete)
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˌpweɾto ˈriko/ [ˌpweɾ.t̪o ˈri.ko]
- Hyphenation: Puer‧to Ri‧co
- IPA(key): (Puerto Rico) /ˌpwe̞lto̞ˈχiko̞/
- Rhymes: -iko̞
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
- Synonym: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico