English

Alternative forms

• Porto Rico

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• PR (symbol)

Related terms

• Puerto Rican

Translations

Derived terms

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

See also

• San Juan
• Appendix:Countries of the world

References

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).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

1. Puerto Rico

Related terms

• puertoricaner, puertorikaner
• puertoricansk, puertorikansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

1. Puerto Rico

Related terms

• puertoricanar, puertorikanar
• puertoricansk, puertorikansk

Spanish

Alternative forms

• (obsolete): Puerto-Rico

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Puerto Rico

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

Synonyms

• Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico