Nuyorican

noun

Nu·yo·ri·can | \ ˌnü-yȯr-ˈrē-kən

How to pronounce Nuyorican (audio)

\

Definition of Nuyorican

: a person of Puerto Rican birth or descent who is a current or former resident of New York City

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about Nuyorican

Dictionary Entries near Nuyorican

Statistics for Nuyorican

Look-up Popularity

Time Traveler for Nuyorican

The first known use of Nuyorican was in 1974

See more words from the same year

Comments on Nuyorican

What made you want to look up Nuyorican? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

WORD OF THE DAY

remittance

a sum of money that is sent as a payment

Test Your Vocabulary

Time Traveler Quiz: Which Word Came First?

Which came first?

snarky sarcastic

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

TAKE THE QUIZ

Word Winder's CrossWinder

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ