— 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), Porto Rico . Abbr: P.R., PR