Puerto Rico
See also: Puerto-Rico
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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]
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/, [ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ]
- (especially in Puerto Rico) IPA(key): /ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/, enPR: pwěrʹtō rēʹkō
Audio (US): (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/, /ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːkəʊ
Proper noun
editPuerto 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".
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editCaribbean Commonwealth
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See also
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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
edit- ^ 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 reading
edit- Puerto Rico on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish Puerto Rico.
Proper noun
edit- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish Puerto Rico.
Proper noun
edit- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
Related terms
editRomanian
editProper noun
edit- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌpweɾto ˈriko/ [ˌpweɾ.t̪o ˈri.ko]
- Syllabification: Puer‧to Ri‧co
- IPA(key): (Puerto Rico) /ˌpwe̞lto̞ˈχiko̞/
- Rhymes: -iko̞
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
edit- Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
- Synonym: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
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