| 单词 | puerto rico |
| 释义 | Puerto Rico[ pwer-tuh -ree-koh, pwer-toh, pawr-tuh, pohr-; Spanish pwer-taw -ree-kaw ] / ˈpwɛr tə ˈri koʊ, ˈpwɛr toʊ, ˈpɔr tə, ˈpoʊr-; Spanish ˈpwɛr tɔ ˈri kɔ / nounan island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3,435 sq. mi. (8,895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR Formerly Porto Rico. OTHER WORDS FROM Puerto RicoPuerto Rican, adjective, nounWords nearby Puerto RicoPuerto Limón, Puerto Montt, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rican cherry, Puerto Rican royal palm, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Trench, puertorriqueño, Puerto Vallarta, PUFA, Pufendorf Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Puerto RicoPuerto Rico / (ˈpwɜːtəʊ ˈriːkəʊ, ˈpwɛə-) / nounan autonomous commonwealth (in association with the US) occupying the smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean: one of the most densely populated areas in the world; ceded by Spain to the US in 1899. Currency: US dollar. Capital: San Juan. Pop: 3 674 209 (2013 est). Area: 9104 sq km (3515 sq miles)Former name (until 1932): Porto Rico Abbreviation: PR Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Puerto RicoPuerto Rico [ (pwer-tuh, pawr-tuh ree-koh) ] Island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Miami, Florida. Its capital and largest city is San Juan. notes for Puerto RicoPuerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. Citizens of Puerto Rico are also American citizens but do not vote in federal elections and do not pay federal taxes on their local earnings. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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