# Puerto Rico
## English
### Alternative forms

* Porto Rico

### Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico (literally “Rich Port”). In US English, the name is commonly pronounced and was formerly spelled Porto Rico; many other Spanish Puerto placenames were formerly also anglicized to Porto.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/, [ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ]
* (especially in Puerto Rico) IPA: /ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/, enPR: pwěrʹtō rēʹkō
* Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/, /ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːkəʊ
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### Proper noun

Puerto Rico
* A self-governing commonwealth and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean.
    Synonyms: (official name) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (symbol) PR
* The island comprising most of that territory.
    The indigenous Taíno name for the island of Puerto Rico was 'Borikén', which literally means "Homeland of the People".

#### Synonyms

* Borikén

#### Derived terms

* Puerto Rican

#### Translations
### See also

* boricua
* San Juan
* Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
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* Federal district: Washington, D.C.
* Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

### References

* ↑ Examples include Portobelo, Panama (formerly called "Porto Bello" in English and "Puerto..." in Spanish); "Porto Cabello" (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela); and "Porto Principe" (Puerto Principe, the settlement which later moved and became Camagüey, Cuba).

### Further reading

* Puerto Rico on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico.

### Proper noun

Puerto Rico
* Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* puertoricaner, puertorikaner
* puertoricansk, puertorikansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Spanish Puerto Rico.

### Proper noun

Puerto Rico
* Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* puertoricanar, puertorikanar
* puertoricansk, puertorikansk

## Romanian
### Proper noun

Puerto Rico n
* Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Puerto-Rico (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpweɾto ˈriko/ [ˌpweɾ.t̪o ˈri.ko]
** Syllabification: Puer‧to Ri‧co
* IPA: (Puerto Rico) /ˌpwe̞lto̞ˈχiko̞/
** Rhymes: -iko̞
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Puerto Rico
* Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean; official name: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico)

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Puerto Rico n (genitive Puerto Ricos)
* Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* puertorican
* puertoricansk
* puertoricanska

### References

* Puerto Rico in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH