Puerto Rico

See also: Puerto-Rico

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Porto Rico

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• PR (symbol)

Derived termsEdit

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

Related termsEdit

• Puerto Rican

TranslationsEdit

Caribbean Commonwealth

• Arabic: بُورْتُو رِيكُو‎‎ m (burtū rīkū)
• Armenian: Պուերտո Ռիկո (Puerto Ṙiko)
• Breton: Puerto Rico
• Catalan: Puerto Rico m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波多黎各 (bo¹ do¹ lai⁴ gok³)

  Mandarin: 波多黎各 (zh) (Bōduōlígè)

• Czech: Portorico n, Portoriko n
• Danish: Puerto Rico
• Dutch: Puerto Rico (nl), Porto Rico
• Esperanto: Portoriko, Puerto-Riko, Porto-Riko (eo)
• 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 (porto riko)
• Hungarian: Puerto Rico (hu)
• Interlingua: Puerto Rico

• Italian: Porto Rico (it) m
• Japanese: プエルトリコ (Puerutoriko)
• Korean: 푸에르토리코 (ko) (Puereutoriko)
• Latvian: Puertoriko f
• Lithuanian: Puerto Rikas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Порторико n (Portoríko)
• Maltese: Porto Riko
• Norman: Puerto Rico m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Puerto Rico

  Nynorsk: Puerto Rico

• Polish: Portoryko (pl) n, Puerto Rico (pl) n
• Portuguese: Porto Rico (pt)
• Romanian: Porto Rico, Puerto Rico
• Russian: Пуэ́рто-Ри́ко m (Puérto-Ríko)
• Serbo-Croatian: Portoriko (sh) m, Porto Riko m
• Spanish: Puerto Rico (es) m
• Swedish: Puerto Rico (sv)
• Thai: ปวยร์โตริโก (bpuai-dtoo-rí-gôo)
• Turkish: Porto Riko (tr)
• Yoruba: Pọto Riko

See alsoEdit

• San Juan
• Appendix:Countries of the world

ReferencesEdit

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish Puerto Rico

Proper nounEdit

Puerto Rico

1. Puerto Rico

Related termsEdit

• puertoricaner, puertorikaner
• puertoricansk, puertorikansk

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish Puerto Rico

Proper nounEdit

Puerto Rico

1. Puerto Rico

Related termsEdit

• puertoricanar, puertorikanar
• puertoricansk, puertorikansk

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SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (obsolete): Puerto-Rico

PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Puerto Rico

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

SynonymsEdit

• Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico