Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

stateside Puerto Rican

American  
[steyt-sahyd pwer-tuh ree-kuhn, pawr-tuh] / ˈsteɪtˌsaɪd ˈpwɛr tə ˈri kən, ˈpɔr tə /

noun

  1. a native-born citizen of Puerto Rico, and thus a U.S. citizen, who now resides in one of the 50 U.S. states, especially within the continental United States.

  2. a person of Puerto Rican descent who resides in one of the 50 U.S. states, especially within the continental United States.

Etymology

Origin of stateside Puerto Rican

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Pennsylvania is home to about half a million Puerto Ricans and Philadelphia has the second-largest stateside Puerto Rican population after New York City.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.