neorican
/ˌni.oʊˈɹi.kən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to natives or inhabitants of the mainland United States (especially New York) who are of Puerto Rican descent.
noun
A native or inhabitant of the mainland United States (especially New York) who is of Puerto Rican descent.
Example Sentences
- "And, while New York's school system struggles with the problem of making the Puerto Rican child truly bilingual, the island's schools have the problem in reverse: 20,000 Neorican youngsters are trying to learn Spanish."
- "“The Puerto Rican Papers” has a saving grace. It is the first articulate statement, in book form, of a sector of the Neorican mentality: the proindependence, New York‐born militants."
- "Like other contemporary Neorican authors, they are internationalizing their experiences of oppression and historical invisibility."
- "Examples of hybridization are the poetry of Martin Espada, which combines neosurrealism with political activism, and the Neorican poetry of Miguel Algarin, Pedro Pietri, and Pedro Adorno."
Etymology
From neo- + (Puerto) Rican, modeled after Spanish neorriqueño, itself a blend of neoyorquino (“New Yorker”) + puertorriqueño (“Puerto Rican”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: neorriqueño
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌni.oʊˈɹi.kən/
- British English: /ˌniː.əʊˈɹiː.kən/