Puerto Rican

Puerto Rico +‎ -an

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɹ.təˈɹiː.kən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpwɜː(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/, /ˌpwɛə(ɹ).təˈɹiː.kən/

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Puerto Rican (plural Puerto Ricans)

1. A person from Puerto Rico.

   Synonym: Boricua

   • 1964, John F. Kennedy, “Waves of Immigration-the Post-Revolutionary Forces”, in A Nation of Immigrants‎, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63:

     Today many of our newcomers are from Mexico and Puerto Rico. We sometimes forget that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens by birth and therefore cannot be considered immigrants. Nonetheless, they often receive the same discriminatory treatment and opprobrium that were faced by other waves of newcomers. The same things are said today of Puerto Ricans and Mexicans that were once said of Irish, Italians, Germans and Jews: “They’ll never adjust; they can’t learn the language; they won’t be absorbed.”

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Puerto Rican (comparative more Puerto Rican, superlative most Puerto Rican)

1. Of, from or relating to Puerto Rico or its people.

   Synonym: (US, colloquial) boricua

• Puerto Rican spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis)