Nuyorican
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Nuyorican
1970–75; by alteration (influence of Spanish Nu ( eva ) Yor ( k ) New York)
Example Sentences
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The Nuyorican musician would introduce Blades as the new singer of his orchestra, whom he had met years prior while visiting Panama during carnivals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
“This Is Me … Now: The Film,” produced by her Nuyorican Productions, will be inspired by her forthcoming album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
In 1990, he starred in his first play, “Don’t Explain” by Samuel B. Harps, at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Benjamin Bratt, who was familiar to TV audiences from “Law & Order,” played Mr. Piñero, a Nuyorican, in what Stephen Holden, reviewing the movie in The Times, called “a career-defining performance.”
From New York Times ● May 23, 2023
In a few years, why not a Nuyorican president?”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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