jibaro

[ hee-vuh-roh; Spanish hee-vah-raw ]

noun

, plural ji·ba·ros [hee, -v, uh, -rohz, hee, -vah-, r, aws].

1. an inhabitant of the rural regions of Puerto Rico.
2. the music of the rural regions of Puerto Rico.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jibaro¹

First recorded in 1860–65 referring to the Ecuadorean and Peruvian people; from Latin American Spanish jíbaro, self-designation of an Indigenous people of Ecuador and Peru, famous for their resistance to colonial rule, or a member of this people, or their language