"Puerto Rico" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌpɔɹtəˈɹikoʊ/ [US], [ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ] [US], /ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/ [especially] (note: in Puerto Rico), /ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/ [UK], /ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-9h8s-Puerto Rico.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Puerto Rico.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: pwěrʹtō rēʹkō Rhymes: -iːkəʊ Etymology: From Spanish Puerto Rico (literally “Rich Port”). In US English, the name is commonly pronounced and was formerly spelled Porto Rico; many other Spanish Puerto placenames were formerly also anglicized to Porto. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|Puerto Rico||lit=Rich Port}} Spanish Puerto Rico (literally “Rich Port”), {{m|en|Porto Rico}} Porto Rico Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Puerto Rico
  1. A self-governing commonwealth and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean. Categories (place): Dependent territories of the United States, Places in the United States, Puerto Rico Synonyms: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (english: official name), PR [symbol], Borikén, Porto Rico Derived forms: Puerto Rican Related terms: boricua, San Juan Related terms (Federal District): Washington, D.C. Related terms (States): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming Related terms (Territories): American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands Translations (Caribbean Commonwealth): بُورْتُو رِيكُو (burtū rīkū) [feminine] (Arabic), بُورْتُورِيكُو (būrtūrīkū) [feminine] (Arabic), بورتو ريكو (bōrtu rīku, pōrtu rīku) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), Պուերտո Ռիկո (Puerto Ṙiko) (Armenian), Пуэрта-Ры́ка (Puerta-Rýka) [neuter] (Belarusian), Пўэрта-Ры́ка (Pŭerta-Rýka) [neuter] (Belarusian), Puerto Rico (Breton), Пуерто Ри́ко (Puerto Ríko) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Puerto Rico [masculine] (Catalan), 波多黎各 (bo¹ do¹ lai⁴ gok³) (Chinese Cantonese), 波多黎各 (Bōduōlígè) (Chinese Mandarin), Portu Ricu [masculine] (Corsican), Portiricu [masculine] (Corsican), Portorico [neuter] (Czech), Portoriko [neuter] (Czech), Puerto Rico [neuter] (Danish), Puerto Rico [neuter] (Dutch), Porto Rico [neuter] (Dutch), Portoriko (Esperanto), Puerto-Riko (Esperanto), Porto-Riko (Esperanto), Puerto Riko (Faroese), Puerto Rico (Finnish), Porto Rico [masculine] (French), Puerto Rico [masculine] (French), Porto Rico [masculine] (Galician), პუერტო-რიკო (ṗuerṭo-riḳo) (Georgian), Puerto Rico [neuter] (German), Πουέρτο Ρίκο (Pouérto Ríko) [neuter] (Greek), Πόρτο Ρίκο (Pórto Ríko) [neuter] (Greek), Pokoliko (Hawaiian), פורטו ריקו (porto riko) [feminine] (Hebrew), पोर्टो रीको (porṭo rīko) [masculine] (Hindi), Puerto Rico (Hungarian), Púertó Ríkó (Icelandic), Porto-Riko (Ido), Puerto Rico (Interlingua), ᐳᕐᑐ ᕆᑯ (porto riko) (Inuktitut), Pórtó Ríce (Irish), Porto Rico [masculine] (Italian), プエルトリコ (Puerutoriko) (Japanese), ព័រតូរីកូ (pɔətou riikou) (Khmer), 푸에르토리코 (Puereutoriko) (Korean), ເປີໂຕຣິໂກ (pœ̄ tō ri kō) (Lao), Portus Dives (Latin), Puertoriko [feminine] (Latvian), Puerto Rikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Портори́ко (Portoríko) [neuter] (Macedonian), Porto Riko (Maltese), Puerto Rico [masculine] (Norman), Puerto Rico (Norwegian Bokmål), Puerto Rico (Norwegian Nynorsk), Puerto Rico [masculine] (Papiamentu), Portoryko [neuter] (Polish), Puerto Rico [neuter] (Polish), Porto Rico (Portuguese), Porto Rico (Romanian), Puerto Rico (Romanian), Пуэ́рто-Ри́ко (Puérto-Ríko) [masculine, neuter] (Russian), Portoriko [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Porto Riko [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Portoriko (Slovak), Puerto Rico [masculine] (Spanish), Puerto Rico [neuter] (Swedish), ปวยร์โตรีโก (bpuai-dtoo-rii-gôo) (Thai), Porto Riko (Turkish), Пуерто-Ри́ко (Puerto-Rýko) [neuter] (Ukrainian), Pu-éc-tô Ri-cô (Vietnamese), Porto Riko [neuter] (West Frisian), פּוערטאָ ריקאָ (puerto riko) (Yiddish), Pọto Riko (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-Puerto_Rico-en-name-Q44BOtvJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'Federal District': 91 9 Disambiguation of 'States': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'Territories': 60 40 Disambiguation of 'Caribbean Commonwealth': 97 3
  2. The island comprising most of that territory. Categories (place): Islands
    Sense id: en-Puerto_Rico-en-name-fcoLPkwo

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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
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            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
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            "Roman",
            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "word": "Portoriko"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Puerto Rico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Puerto Rico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpuai-dtoo-rii-gôo",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "word": "ปวยร์โตรีโก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "word": "Porto Riko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Puerto-Rýko",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Пуерто-Ри́ко"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "word": "Pu-éc-tô Ri-cô"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Porto Riko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "puerto riko",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "word": "פּוערטאָ ריקאָ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
          "word": "Pọto Riko"
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        }
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/",
      "note": "in Puerto Rico",
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    "English terms derived from Spanish",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˌpɔɚɾəˈɹikoʊ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpwɛɹtoʊˈɹikoʊ/",
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      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpwɜː(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpwɛə(ɹ)təˈɹiːkəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "roman": "burtū rīkū",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بُورْتُو رِيكُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بُورْتُورِيكُو"
    },
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      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Puerto Ṙiko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Պուերտո Ռիկո"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Puerta-Rýka",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Пуэрта-Ры́ка"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Pŭerta-Rýka",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Пўэрта-Ры́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Puerto Ríko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Пуерто Ри́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "bo¹ do¹ lai⁴ gok³",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "波多黎各"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bōduōlígè",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "波多黎各"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Portu Ricu"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Portiricu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Portorico"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Portoriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Porto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Portoriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto-Riko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Porto-Riko"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Riko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Porto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Porto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗuerṭo-riḳo",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "პუერტო-რიკო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Pouérto Ríko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Πουέρτο Ρίκο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Pórto Ríko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Πόρτο Ρίκο"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Pokoliko"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "porto riko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פורטו ריקו"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "porṭo rīko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पोर्टो रीको"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Púertó Ríkó"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Porto-Riko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "porto riko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "ᐳᕐᑐ ᕆᑯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Pórtó Ríce"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Porto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Puerutoriko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "プエルトリコ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pɔətou riikou",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "ព័រតូរីកូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Puereutoriko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "푸에르토리코"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pœ̄ tō ri kō",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "ເປີໂຕຣິໂກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Portus Dives"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Puertoriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Portoríko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Портори́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Porto Riko"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pap",
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Portoryko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Porto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Porto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Puérto-Ríko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Пуэ́рто-Ри́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Portoriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Porto Riko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Portoriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Puerto Rico"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpuai-dtoo-rii-gôo",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "ปวยร์โตรีโก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Porto Riko"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Puerto-Rýko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Пуерто-Ри́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Pu-éc-tô Ri-cô"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Porto Riko"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "puerto riko",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "פּוערטאָ ריקאָ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "Caribbean Commonwealth",
      "word": "Pọto Riko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Puerto Rico"
}

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