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- noun   A person from Puerto Rico .
- adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Puerto Rico, or the Puerto Rican people.
Etymologies
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								Guests will appreciate the cold towels and frozen treats made from fresh local fruit pulp, known as Puerto Rican limber, that greet guests upon arrival. unknown title 2009 
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								A series of first-person snapshots about a boy's growing up in upstate New York with his two brothers in a mixed-race family white mother; Puerto Rican father, it's a tale about surviving one's parents. Richard B. Woodward: We The Animals: Novel Of The Year? Richard B. Woodward 2011 
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								In general, Latinos represent 13 percent of all voters in the state -- with the voter bloc dominated by the influence of the Puerto Rican vote in Central Florida's "I-4" corridor, considered one of the most important swing areas in the country come November. Maribel Hastings: GOP Primary in Florida: A Pitched Battle for the Cuban Vote Maribel Hastings 2012 
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								We the Animals tells the story of a Puerto Rican father and his Caucasian wife raising a family of sons: the narrator and his two brothers. Oscar Raymundo: 'We the Animals' Author Justin Torres Brings His Wild Hunger to Magnet Book Club in S.F. Oscar Raymundo 2012 
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								In general, Latinos represent 13 percent of all voters in the state -- with the voter bloc dominated by the influence of the Puerto Rican vote in Central Florida's "I-4" corridor, considered one of the most important swing areas in the country come November. Maribel Hastings: GOP Primary in Florida: A Pitched Battle for the Cuban Vote Maribel Hastings 2012 
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								A series of first-person snapshots about a boy's growing up in upstate New York with his two brothers in a mixed-race family white mother; Puerto Rican father, it's a tale about surviving one's parents. Richard B. Woodward: We The Animals: Novel Of The Year? Richard B. Woodward 2011 
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								Mr. Palmieri was born in Harlem to Puerto Rican parents, who moved the family to the Bronx when he was 6. The Power of the Patriarch Larry Blumenfeld 2011 
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								A series of first-person snapshots about a boy's growing up in upstate New York with his two brothers in a mixed-race family white mother; Puerto Rican father, it's a tale about surviving one's parents. Richard B. Woodward: We The Animals: Novel Of The Year? Richard B. Woodward 2011 
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								A series of first-person snapshots about a boy's growing up in upstate New York with his two brothers in a mixed-race family white mother; Puerto Rican father, it's a tale about surviving one's parents. Richard B. Woodward: We The Animals: Novel Of The Year? Richard B. Woodward 2011 
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								Born to a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, Thomas knew New York's Spanish Harlem well and, in his volume, Down These Mean Streets, one gets a glimpse of his life's challenges, which, while special, are also communally held by many in our community. Eduardo Diaz: The Complexity of Latino Diversity Eduardo Diaz 2012 
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