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Puerto Rico   /pwˈɛrtˌoʊ rˈikoʊ/   Listen
Puerto Rico

noun
1.
A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico.  Synonyms: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, PR.
2.
The smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean.  Synonym: Porto Rico.





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"Puerto Rico" Quotes from Famous Books



... He had come to Manila from Zibu to be the rainbow [Iris] that announced peace and true brotherhood to calced and discalced, whom we ought to hold as sons of a good father. Father Fray Pedro Solier—a chosen shoot of the convent of Salamanca, and afterward provincial of those islands, bishop of Puerto Rico, and lastly archbishop of Santo Domingo and primate of the Indias—preached in glowing terms in praise of the Reform, in the presence of the royal Audiencia, the ecclesiastical and secular cabildos, ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624 • Various


Words linked to "Puerto Rico" :   Porto Rico, commonwealth, Greater Antilles, Vieques, San Juan, island, Culebra, Caribbean


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