Definition of Puerto Rico in English:
Puerto Rico
proper nounˈriːkəʊˌpwɛrdə ˈrɪkoʊ
An island of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean; population 3,700,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, Spanish and English; capital, San Juan. One of the earliest Spanish settlements in the New World, it was ceded to the US in 1898 after the Spanish-American War, and in 1952 it became a commonwealth in voluntary association with the US, with full powers of local government.
Rhymes
Biko, Gromyko, pekoe, picot, Tampico
Definition of Puerto Rico in US English:
Puerto Rico
proper nounˌpwerdə ˈrikōˌpwɛrdə ˈrɪkoʊ
An island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea; population 3,700,000 (estimated 2015); capital, San Juan. One of the earliest Spanish settlements in the New World, it was ceded to the US in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. In 1952 it became a commonwealth in voluntary association with the US with full powers of local government.