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Puerto Rican

/ ˈpwɜːtəʊ ˈriːkən; ˈpwɛə- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Puerto Rico or its inhabitants


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico

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Example Sentences

“Tu eres como chuleria en pote,” goes the Puerto Rican expression that gave rise to his moniker.

And then there is William Morales of the Puerto Rican independence group the FALN.

As a thirty-six-year-old olive-skinned Puerto Rican woman, Maddy had been doubly lonely since the first week of trial.

Through the summer and early fall, the prices of many Puerto Rican bonds fell as investors fretted about a default.

The Puerto Rican supermodel is spun in circles for Nowness's latest editorial film, which celebrates power.

It was some time before the young Puerto Rican lieutenant slipped gingerly into the room.

He died for his country—as surely as though his body had been found on a Puerto Rican battlefield, pierced with a Spanish bullet.

The first time—it was Puerto Rican that brought the dinner in.

Where did you put the $50 after the Puerto Rican brought it back?

This was not the echo of Spanish or of Puerto Rican feelings.

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