Puerto Rico

See also: Puerto-Rico

Alternative forms

Porto Rico

Etymology

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

(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

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Proper noun

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".

Synonyms

Borikén

Derived terms

Puerto Rican

Translations

Caribbean Commonwealth

Arabic: بُورْتُو رِيكُو f (burtū rīkū), بُورْتُورِيكُو f (būrtūrīkū)
Hijazi Arabic: بورتو ريكو f (bōrtu rīku, pōrtu rīku)
Armenian: Պուերտո Ռիկո (Puerto Ṙiko)
Belarusian: Пуэрта-Ры́ка n (Puerta-Rýka), Пўэрта-Ры́ка n (Pŭerta-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
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 tō ri 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:
Roman: 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
West Frisian: Porto Riko n
Yiddish: פּוערטאָ ריקאָ (puerto riko)
Yoruba: Pọto Riko

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).