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See also: Puerto-Rico

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Alternative forms
    • 1.2 Etymology
    • 1.3 Pronunciation
    • 1.4 Proper noun
      • 1.4.1 Synonyms
      • 1.4.2 Derived terms
      • 1.4.3 Translations
    • 1.5 See also
    • 1.6 References
    • 1.7 Further reading
  • 2 Norwegian Bokmål
    • 2.1 Etymology
    • 2.2 Proper noun
      • 2.2.1 Related terms
  • 3 Norwegian Nynorsk
    • 3.1 Etymology
    • 3.2 Proper noun
      • 3.2.1 Related terms
  • 4 Romanian
    • 4.1 Proper noun
  • 5 Spanish
    • 5.1 Alternative forms
    • 5.2 Pronunciation
    • 5.3 Proper noun
  • 6 Swedish
    • 6.1 Proper noun
      • 6.1.1 Related terms
    • 6.2 References

English

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Puerto Rico in the Americas

Alternative forms

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  • Porto Rico

Etymology

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Borrowed 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]

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

  1. A self-governing commonwealth and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean. Synonyms: (official name) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (symbol) PR
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  2. The island comprising most of that territory. The indigenous Taíno name for the island of Puerto Rico was 'Borikén', which literally means "Homeland of the People".

Synonyms

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  • Borikén

Derived terms

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  • Puertopia
  • Puerto Rican

Translations

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  • Arabic: بُورْتُو رِيكُو f (burtū rīkū), بُورْتُورِيكُو f (būrtūrīkū) Hijazi Arabic: بورتو ريكو f (bōrtu rīku, pōrtu rīku)
  • Armenian: Պուերտո Ռիկո (Puerto Ṙiko)
  • Asturian: Puerto Rico (ast), Puertu Ricu (ast)
  • 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
  • Frisian: West Frisian: Porto Riko n
  • 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: Latin: 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
  • Yiddish: פּוערטאָ ריקאָ (puerto riko)
  • Yoruba: Pọto Riko

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  • boricua
  • San Juan
  • Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
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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

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  1. ^ 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

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  •   Puerto Rico on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:Puerto RicoWikipedia no

Etymology

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From Spanish Puerto Rico.

Proper noun

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Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
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  • puertoricaner, puertorikaner
  • puertoricansk, puertorikansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:Puerto RicoWikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Spanish Puerto Rico.

Proper noun

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Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
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  • puertoricanar, puertorikanar
  • puertoricansk, puertorikansk

Romanian

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Proper noun

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Puerto Rico n

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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  • Puerto-Rico (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌpweɾto ˈriko/ [ˌpweɾ.t̪o ˈri.ko]
    • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • IPA(key): (Puerto Rico) /ˌpwe̞ltoˈχiko/
    • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: Puer‧to Ri‧co
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Proper noun

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Puerto Rico

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean; official name: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico)

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:Puerto RicoWikipedia sv

Proper noun

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Puerto Rico n (genitive Puerto Ricos)

  1. Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)
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  • puertorican
  • puertoricansk
  • puertoricanska

References

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  • Puerto Rico in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • Svensk MeSH
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