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Puerto Rican, n. and a.|ˌpwɜːtəʊ ˈriːkən|
Also earlier Porto Rican (see note below), Porto Riquenean.
[f. the name Puerto (or Porto) Rico + -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico, an island in the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies, now a Commonwealth in association with the U.S.A.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Puerto Rico or its inhabitants.
The name was officially changed in 1932 from Porto Rico to Puerto Rico. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was established on 25 July 1952.
1858J. T. O'Neil Mem. Island Porto Rico in R. S. Fisher Spanish West Indies 152 The Porto Riqueneans..are generally indolent. 1898R. T. Hill Cuba & Porto Rico xv. 146 The Cubans are fired with the spirit of progress and infected with American notions, while the Porto Ricans are plodding along in contentment. Ibid. xviii. 166 The Porto Rican Spaniards of the upper class..are the descendants of military men. 1898Times 30 July 7/2 The American troops were received by the entire population.., the piers, balconies, roofs and streets being alive with Puertoricans [sic] representing every class. 1899F. A. Ober Puerto Rico xii. 168 Scratch a Puerto Rican and you find a Spaniard underneath, so the language and home customs of Spain prevail here. Ibid. 171 The Puerto Rican home life..differs in no important particular from that of Spain and Mexico. 1907J. H. Moore With Speaker Cannon through Tropics ii. 38 Bright colors are affected by the Porto Rican women. 1926K. Mixer Porto Rico vi. 102 Governor Towner has come to the Island under conditions which have given him an exceptional prestige with Porto Ricans. 1952S. Kauffmann Tightrope xvi. 263 Jerry, the building's Puerto Rican shoe-shine boy was just finishing. 1956‘E. McBain’ Cop Hater (1958) iii. 29 Occasionally, a Puerto Rican wandered into The Shamrock. 1962Amer. Speech XXXVII. 18 New York City..contains 80 percent of the Puerto Ricans of the entire United States. 1969Listener 13 Mar. 332/1 On this particular campus, the provocative group was the black and Puerto Rican students' commune, so-called. 1972D. Delman Sudden Death (1973) i. 15 It's exactly what that Puerto Rican hot dog would think is funny. 1978Language LIV. 424 An example from Romance consonantism would be the uvular r, which is at present very widely distributed, from Brazilian Portuguese and Puerto Rican Spanish to French, north and central Italian, and even some speakers of Rumanian. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 10a/1 They would resort to violence again in the interest of Puerto Rican independence. |