boricua

American  

[baw-ree-kwuh] / bɔˈri kwə /

noun

1. a Puerto Rican, or person of Puerto Rican descent.

   He’s a proud boricua.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans: The new production of West Side Story will prioritize boricua casting.

   the top ten boricua restaurants in New York;

   The new production of West Side Story will prioritize boricua casting.

Etymology

Origin of boricua

First recorded in 1945–50; from Taíno Borikén “the great land of the valiant and noble lord” (the name of the island)

Example Sentences

The first Boricua film nominated for Spain’s Goya Awards as best Ibero-American film and the first to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival illustrates how the political and the personal are always intertwined.

From Los Angeles Times

Much has been said already about Bad Bunny’s magnum opus; the album is a generation-spanning, full-throated celebration of boricua resilience, and simultaneously a pointed warning about the ongoing neocolonization of La Isla del Encanto.

From Los Angeles Times

Local tattoo artists are meeting the demand with creative designs that honor Boricua heritage.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was very healing for me,” she says of the album, which blends old-school Puerto Rican boricua samples with Latin dance and reggaeton influences for an emotional imagining of Puerto Rican identity.

From Los Angeles Times

Bringing the film there reinforced Del Valle’s sense of belonging in her Boricua identity.

From Los Angeles Times