Porto Rico

[ pawr-tuh ree-koh, pohr- ]

noun

1. former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.

Porto Rico

/ ˈpɔːtə ˈriːkəʊ /

noun

1. the former name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico

Other Words From

• Porto Rican adjective noun

Example Sentences

We intend to remain in Porto Rico; we do not know what we shall do with the Philippines.

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Porto Rico freedom is not of long date; and Cuban emancipation is even yet newer.

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The bedbug has not been seen in a year in Porto Rico, though there is no reason why it should not be here.

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In Porto Rico there is a belief that a single severe hurricane occurs about once in each hundred years.

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Add to that the area that will be needed for our sugar, and the result does not equal the whole of Porto Rico.

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