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Puerto Rican

UK/ˌpwɜː(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən//ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/

Puerto Rican noun: a person from Puerto Rico.

Noun

Puerto Rican (plural Puerto Ricans)

  1. A person from Puerto Rico.
    • Today many of our newcomers are from Mexico and Puerto Rico. We sometimes forget that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens by birth and therefore cannot be considered immigrants. Nonetheless, they often receive the same discriminatory treatment and opprobrium that were faced by other waves of newcomers....1964, John F. Kennedy, “Waves of Immigration-the Post-Revolutionary Forces”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63
    Synonyms:
    Boricua

Adjective

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

  1. Of, from or relating to Puerto Rico or its people.
    Synonyms:
    boricua

Puerto Rican meaning in Bengali, Tagalog and Thai

Puerto Rican in Bengali

পুয়ের্তো রিকান

Puerto Rican in Tagalog

person from Puerto Rico
Puwertorikenyo
pertaining to Puerto Rico
Puwertorikenyo

Puerto Rican in Thai

person from Puerto Rico
ชาวปวยร์โตรีโก

Synonyms of Puerto Rican

Forms of Puerto Rican

Noun
pluralPuerto Ricans
Adjective
comparativemore Puerto Rican
superlativemost Puerto Rican

Origin of Puerto Rican

From Puerto Rico + -an.

Words formed from Puerto Rican

Words that rhyme with Puerto Rican

Questions about Puerto Rican

What does Puerto Rican mean?
Puerto Rican means a person from Puerto Rico.
What is Puerto Rican in Bengali?
Puerto Rican in Bengali is পুয়ের্তো রিকান. See Puerto Rican meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Puerto Rican?
Puerto Rican can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Puerto Rican?
Puerto Rican is pronounced /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/ (US).
What is the plural of Puerto Rican?
The plural of Puerto Rican is Puerto Ricans.

Words near Puerto Rican in the dictionary

  1. Puerto Montt
  2. Puerto México
  3. Puerto Peñasco
  4. Puerto Princesa
  5. Puerto Real
  6. Puerto Rican
  7. Puerto Rican infant hypotonia syndrome
  8. Puerto Rican syndrome
  9. Puerto Rican tanager
  10. Puerto Rican tanagers
  11. Puerto Rican time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Puerto Rican (page history and authors); Puerto Rican (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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