Rican
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- adjective
- /ˈriːkən/
:
puertorriqueño
- Finally, the sample itself may not be entirely representative of Puerto Rican high school students.
- Puerto Rican
- Rican culture
- Rican people
You're going to be like a big old Puerto Rican Penguin.
- You're going to be like a big old Puerto Rican Penguin.
- The yes, Latino community, as Jlo wants to remind us, she's Puerto Rican.
- A time when Cuba and and Puerto Rican still have slavery.
Examples
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There is no doubt that all these families have a sense of Puerto Rican national consciousness.
Academic text (1991) -
While they had cable, they basically ignored Puerto Rican television and watched a great deal of American television.
Academic text (1991) -
I wanna do like Doc, find me a Puerto Rican girl.
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Puerto Rican guy and a black guy in a car.
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Spend some time with getting in touch with his Puerto Rican roots if you saw this.
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And I'm chasing these two Puerto Rican guys through the park.
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Channing said that I'm built like a Puerto Rican grandmother.
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Puerto Rican espresso.
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Isabel Vasquez (25) approaches, a lively Puerto Rican woman with a strong New York accent.
Fiction book (1999) -
What do you think a Rican jury is gonna say about that?
Compounds
- Offensive
A relaxed view of time in Puerto Rico where events often start later than planned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rican is a short form of Puerto Rican, from the island name Puerto Rico, which in Spanish means 'rich port'. So Rican is used to describe people, culture, or things that come from Puerto Rico.