Neorican
noun
Neo·ri·can
¦nēō¦rēkən
plural -s
: a Puerto Rican who lives on the U.S. mainland or who has lived there but has returned to Puerto Rico
Word History
Etymology
modification of American Spanish neorriqueño Puerto Rican living in New York City, blend of Spanish neoyorquino New Yorker, and puertorriqueño Puerto Rican
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above
- fractionalises
- fractionalising
- fractionalism
- fractionalists
- fractionalization
- fractionalizations
- fractionalize
- fractionalized
- fractionalizes
- fractionalizing
- fractionally
- fractionary
- fractionate
- fractionated
- fractionates
- fractionating
- fractionation
- fractionations
- fractionator
- fractionators
- fractioned
- fractioning
- fractionisation
- fractionisations
- fractionise