Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto ˈriko]), offeecially the Commonweel o Puerto Rico or the Free Associatit State o Puerto Rico (Spainish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, [esˈtaðo ˈlibɾe asosˈjaðo ðe ˈpweɾto ˈriko]), is an unincorporatit territory o the Unitit States, locatit in the northeastren Caribbean Sea, east o the Dominican Republic an wast o the Virgin Islands. Name Puerto Rico (Spaingie for "rich port") comprises an archipelago that includes the main island o Puerto Rico an a nummer o smawer islands, the lairgest o which are Vieques, Culebra, an Mona. The main island o Puerto Rico is the smawest bi land aurie o the Greater Antilles. It, housomeivver, ranks third in population amang that group o fower islands, which an aa include Cuba, Hispaniola, an Jamaica. Puerto Ricans eften caw the island Borinquen, frae Borikén, its indigenous Taíno name, which means "Land o the Valiant Lord". The terms boricua an borincano derive frae Borikén an Borinquen respectively, an are commonly uised tae identify someane o Puerto Rican heritage. The island is an aa popularly kent in Spaingie as "La Isla del Encanto" which means "The Island o Enchantment" in Inglis. References Notes