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  • noun Plural form of Nuyorican.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

    John Riofrio: Latinos in America 2009

  • 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

  • But more importantly for Nuyoricans, who were caught in the middle of an identity crisis, he opened a door to their Puerto Rican roots.

    Joe Cuba, The Soul Of Spanish Harlem « 2009

  • CNN's Soledad O'Brien introduces us to one of the best known Nuyoricans and that being Bobbito.

    CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2009 2009

  • Puerto Ricans from Puerto Rico, not Nuyoricans — I have no clue about their color spectrum come in every color of the spectrum, btw.

    Who’s White Exercise (UPDATED AGAIN) 2006

  • Perkkio, now a Dakota County district judge, grew up in a close-knit clan of Nuyoricans, New Yorkers of Puerto Rican heritage.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Sas's clamor for justice echoes the very particular concerns expressed by many Nuyoricans

    Firedoglake 2009

  • "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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