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Porto Rican

Porto Rican adjective: former name of Puerto Rican.

Adjective

Porto Rican (comparative more Porto Rican, superlative most Porto Rican)

  1. Former name of Puerto Rican.
    • They had moved to the uptown end of Central Park West, closer to the Porto Rican slum […]1947, Saul Bellow, The Victim

Noun

Porto Rican (plural Porto Ricans)

  1. Former name of Puerto Rican.

Forms of Porto Rican

Adjective
comparativemore Porto Rican
superlativemost Porto Rican
Noun
pluralPorto Ricans

Questions about Porto Rican

What does Porto Rican mean?
Porto Rican means former name of Puerto Rican.
What part of speech is Porto Rican?
Porto Rican can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Porto Rican in the dictionary

  1. Porto Grande
  2. Porto Inglês
  3. Porto Novo
  4. Porto Pequeno
  5. Porto Piqueno
  6. Porto Rican
  7. Porto Ricans
  8. Porto Rico
  9. Porto Torres
  10. Porto Vecchio
  11. Porto Velho

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