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- Spanish · derived fromneorriqueño
- English todayNeorican
From neo- + (Puerto) Rican, modeled after Spanish neorriqueño, itself a blend of neoyorquino (“New Yorker”) + puertorriqueño (“Puerto Rican”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neorican
Today it means: Of or relating to natives or inhabitants of the mainland United States (especially New York) who are of Puerto Rican descent. Full definition →
Spanish neorriqueño