Porto Rican

adjective

Former name of Puerto Rican.

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Meanings

adjectivePorto Rican (comparative more Porto Rican, superlative most Porto Rican)

comparative more Porto Rican · superlative most Porto Rican

  1. Former name of Puerto Rican.

    They had moved to the uptown end of Central Park West, closer to the Porto Rican slum […]

    1947, Saul Bellow, The Victim
nounPorto Rican (plural Porto Ricans)

plural Porto Ricans

  1. Former name of Puerto Rican.
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APA

Porto Rican. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Porto%20Rican

MLA

“Porto Rican.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Porto%20Rican. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Porto Rican,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Porto%20Rican.

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