Porto Rico Synonyms

pôrtə rēkō
A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. puerto-rico
  2. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  3. pr
The smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. puerto-rico

Porto Rico Sentence Examples

  • When it was known that Admiral Cervera, with a Spanish fleet, had left the Cape Verde Islands, Sampson withdrew a force from the blockade to cruise in the Windward Passage, and made an attack upon the forts at San Juan, Porto Rico.

  • In the next year (March - April) he inspected the Panama Canal and also visited Cuba and Porto Rico.

  • Java coffee has been grown with success in Porto Rico.

  • The commerce of Porto Rico is principally with the United States.

  • The Roman Catholic is the predominant church and the bishopric of Porto Rico (1512) is one of the oldest in the New World.

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