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Porto Rico

Porto Rico proper noun: former name of Puerto Rico.

Proper noun

Porto Rico

  1. Former name of Puerto Rico.
    • Moreover, Polk's announcement regarding Yucatan was quite in line with that of his predecessors with respect to Cuba, and the degree of importance does not affect the principle involved. For example, when Secretary Clay, by order of President Adams, notified France and other powers that we could...1922, Eugene Irving McCormac, “The "Polk Doctrine" and Minor Diplomatic Questions”, in James K. Polk: A Political Biography, Berkeley, Cali.: University of California Press, →OCLC, pages 698–699

Questions about Porto Rico

What does Porto Rico mean?
Porto Rico means former name of Puerto Rico.
What part of speech is Porto Rico?
Porto Rico is a proper noun.

Words near Porto Rico in the dictionary

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

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