Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porto rican

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: por-to ri-can
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Former name of Puerto Rican.

noun

Former name of Puerto Rican.

Example Sentences

"They had moved to the uptown end of Central Park West, closer to the Porto Rican slum […]"

Inflected Forms

more Porto Rican (comparative) most Porto Rican (superlative) Porto Ricans (plural)

Questions

What does porto rican mean?: Former name of Puerto Rican.

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