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Puerto Ricans


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  • Variants

    • Boricuas
    • Puertorriqueños
  • Broader Terms

  • Demonym For

  • Sources

    • found: Dickson, P. Labels for locals, 2006(Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican is the common term, but the Spanish Puertorriqueño is appearing in more and more English-language publications)
    • found: Am. heritage dict., 1992(Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican)
    • found: The world factbook online, Oct. 6, 2017(Puerto Rico. Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic. Nationality: Nationality: noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens); adjective: Puerto Rican)
    • found: Collins English dictionary online, Sept. 10, 2017(Latin American noun: a native or inhabitant of Latin America; Latin America: those areas of America whose official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, derived from Latin: South America, Central America, Mexico, and certain islands in the Caribbean)
    • found: Britannica online, Sept. 10, 2017(under History of Latin America: Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language; Romance-language-speaking Caribbean countries: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti; also the dependencies and constituent entities Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Puerto Rico)
    • found: Vázquez-Hernández, V. Boricuas in the magic city : Puerto Ricans in Miami, 2021.(OCoLC)1243262931
    • found: Boricuas in Gotham : Puerto Ricans in the making of modern New York City, ©2005.(OCoLC)79455864
    • found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Apr. 11, 2022(Boricua plural Boricuas: a native of Puerto Rico or a person of Puerto Rican descent)
    • found: Oxford Lexico website, Apr. 11, 2022(Boricua, noun, informal: A person from Puerto Rico by birth or descent)
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  • Change Notes

    • 2015-04-27: new
    • 2022-06-21: revised
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