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- noun Plural form of
Nuyorican .
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Examples
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My husband and I were so upset, we told him that we are "Nuyoricans" therefore not superstitious and just because someone lied, doesn't mean that we are liars.
UFOArea News 2008
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Since these many Garcia's came from various places of origin including foreign born Dominicans, Mexicans and Nuyoricans, the implicit argument was that not all Latin@s are Mexicans.
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Sas's clamor for justice echoes the very particular concerns expressed by many Nuyoricans (Puerto Ricans in New York).
Roberto Lovato: Justicia!: Sotomayor and the Long March of Puerto Rican History 2009
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But more importantly for Nuyoricans, who were caught in the middle of an identity crisis, he opened a door to their Puerto Rican roots.
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CNN's Soledad O'Brien introduces us to one of the best known Nuyoricans and that being Bobbito.
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Puerto Ricans from Puerto Rico, not Nuyoricans — I have no clue about their color spectrum come in every color of the spectrum, btw.
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Perkkio, now a Dakota County district judge, grew up in a close-knit clan of Nuyoricans, New Yorkers of Puerto Rican heritage.
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Sas's clamor for justice echoes the very particular concerns expressed by many Nuyoricans
Firedoglake 2009
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"BROWNSVILLE BRED … Growing Up Elaine" - A New York Latina's Memoir and Coming of Age Story set in the 1980's Brownsville Brooklyn Projects Ready to Celebrate: Nuyoricans, Hispanic Media Look to Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation to the Supreme Court If Sonia Sotomayor becomes the next associate justice of the Supreme Court, she will find a family of two fellow Puerto Rican New Yorkers waiting for her in Congress.
HispanicTips 2010
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