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Puerto Rico

noun

A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico. Synonyms: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, PR.

The smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. Synonym: Porto Rico.

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— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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— A School History of the United States • John Bach McMaster

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... fellow Americans in Puerto Rico, in the Virgin Islands, in the Canal Zone and in Hawaii. And, incidentally, it will give me an opportunity to exchange a friendly word of greeting to the Presidents of our sister ...

— The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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... however, did not embrace the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, discriminating duties to the prejudice of American shipping continue to be levied there. From the extent of the commerce carried on between the United States and those islands, particularly the former, this discrimination ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

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Words linked to "Puerto Rico" : island, commonwealth, San Juan, Culebra, Caribbean, Vieques, Greater Antilles