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Porto Rico

[ pawr-tuh ree-koh, pohr- ]

noun

  1. former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.


Porto Rico

/ ˈpɔːtə ˈriːkəʊ /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • Porto Rican adjective noun
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Example Sentences

We intend to remain in Porto Rico; we do not know what we shall do with the Philippines.

Porto Rico freedom is not of long date; and Cuban emancipation is even yet newer.

The bedbug has not been seen in a year in Porto Rico, though there is no reason why it should not be here.

In Porto Rico there is a belief that a single severe hurricane occurs about once in each hundred years.

Add to that the area that will be needed for our sugar, and the result does not equal the whole of Porto Rico.

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