Neorican

• Neo-Rican, neo-Rican

From neo- +‎ (Puerto) Rican, modeled after Spanish neorriqueño, itself a blend of neoyorquino (“New Yorker”) +‎ puertorriqueño (“Puerto Rican”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌniː.əʊˈɹiː.kən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌni.oʊˈɹi.kən/
• Rhymes: -iːkən

Neorican (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to natives or inhabitants of the mainland United States (especially New York) who are of Puerto Rican descent.
   • 1972 May 21, Ruth Gruber, “There Are Few Independentistas In Puerto Rico, But—”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 February 2021:

     And, while New York's school system struggles with the problem of making the Puerto Rican child truly bilingual, the island's schools have the problem in reverse: 20,000 Neorican youngsters are trying to learn Spanish.

   • 1973 October 7, “The Puerto Ricans”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 August 2020:

     “The Puerto Rican Papers” has a saving grace. It is the first articulate statement, in book form, of a sector of the Neorican mentality: the proindependence, New York‐born militants.

   • 1993, Frances R[ivera] Aparicio, “From Ethnicity to Multiculturalism: An Historical Overview of Puerto Rican Literature in the United States”, in Francisco Lomelí, editor, Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Literature and Art, Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, →ISBN, page 36, column 1:

     Like other contemporary Neorican authors, they are internationalizing their experiences of oppression and historical invisibility.

   • 2005, José Manuel Rodeiro, “Aesthetics”, in Ilan Stavans, Harold Augenbraum, editors, Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture, and Society in the United States, volume 1 (1492 – Cuban Missile Crisis), Danbury, Conn.: Grolier Academic Reference, →ISBN, page 34, column 2:

     Examples of hybridization are the poetry of Martin Espada, which combines neosurrealism with political activism, and the Neorican poetry of Miguel Algarin, Pedro Pietri, and Pedro Adorno.

• Nuyorican

Neorican (plural Neoricans)

1. A native or inhabitant of the mainland United States (especially New York) who is of Puerto Rican descent.

• Nuyorican

• Creonian, acronine