- Puerto Rico
- noun /ˌpɔɹɾɚˈɹikoʊ/A self-governing Commonwealth in the Caribbean which is a territory of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Puerto Rico — Puerto Rican. /pwer teuh ree koh, pwer toh, pawr teuh, pohr /; Sp. /pwerdd taw rddee kaw/ an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3,196,520; 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Cap.: San Juan. Formerly (until 1932),… … Universalium
PUERTO RICO — PUERTO RICO, island in the Caribbean 1,000 miles southeast of Miami. In 2005 there were 1,500–2,000 Jews in Puerto Rico among its population of 4,000,000. The Jewish experience in America begins with the actual Discovery in 1492. The first Jews… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Puerto Rico — Porto Rico † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Porto Rico (PUERTO RICO) The smallest and most easterly of the Greater Antilles, rectangular in shape, with an area of 3670 square miles, and the most densely inhabited country in America,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Puerto Rico — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Puerto Rico est le nom officiel, en espagnol, de l île de Porto Rico (nom anglais). Puerto Rico est un jeu de société de stratégie. Puerto… … Wikipédia en Français
Puerto Rico — V. Porto Rico. Porto Rico ou Puerto Rico la plus orientale des Grandes Antilles, formant, avec ses dépendances (Mona, Culebra, Vieques), un état libre associé aux È. U.; 8 897 km²; env. 3 400 000 hab. (Portoricains); cap. San Juan. Langue off.:… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Puerto Rico — Spanish, lit. rich harbor; the name given in 1493 by Chrstopher Columbus to the larege bay on the north side of the island; he called the island San Juan. Over time the name of the bay became the name of the island and the name of the island was… … Etymology dictionary
Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico, so v.w. Porto Rico … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Puërto Rico — Puërto Rico, Insel, s. Porto Rico … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Puerto Rico — [pwer΄tə rē′kō, pôr΄tə rē′kō] [Sp, lit., rich port] island in the West Indies which, with small nearby islands, constitutes a commonwealth associated with the U.S.: 3,425 sq mi (8,870 sq km); pop. 3,809,000; cap. San Juan: abbrev. PR or P.R.… … English World dictionary
Puërto Rico — Puërto Rico, Insel, s. Portoriko … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
