Akademik

Porto Rico

noun

1. a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico

• Syn: ↑Puerto Rico, ↑Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, ↑PR

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑commonwealth

• Part Holonyms: ↑Greater Antilles, ↑Caribbean

• Part Meronyms: ↑Puerto Rico, ↑San Juan, ↑Culebra, ↑Vieques

2. the smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean

• Syn: ↑Puerto Rico

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑island

• Part Holonyms: ↑Puerto Rico, ↑Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, ↑PR

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—Porto Rican.

/pawr"teuh ree"koh, pohr"-/

former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.