How to Say "Puerto Rico" in Japanese

プエルトリコ

Puerutoriko[pɯ̟e̞ɾɯ̟to̞ɾʲiko̞]

プエルトリコ (Puerutoriko) is the Japanese way to say Puerto Rico.

プエルトリコ is used to refer to the territory of the United States of America located in the Caribbean.

Meaning: territory of the United States of America in the Caribbean (name)

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is Puerutoriko.

The Japanese word for 'port', 港 (minato), is the native equivalent of the 'puerto' part of プエルトリコ, though the foreign name is never translated this way.
The word プエルトリコ is written in katakana, the Japanese script used for foreign loanwords. This tells a reader immediately that the place is located outside of the Japanese cultural sphere.
Because Japanese lacks a distinction between the 'L' and 'R' sounds, the 'Ri' in プエルトリコ is pronounced with a Japanese tapped 'R', which sounds like a cross between 'L' and 'D'.

地図でプエルトリコの場所を教えて。
Show me where Puerto Rico is on the map.
This sentence is useful for asking to see the location of プエルトリコ on a map.
Tatoeba #1176975 by mookeee, translation #708229 by Rector
プエルトリコの位置を地図の上に示しなさい。
Locate Puerto Rico on a map.
This sentence is useful for an instruction to locate プエルトリコ on a map.
Tatoeba #197210 by mookeee, translation #34392 by Swift
カリブ海にあるプエルトリコ
Puerto Rico located in the Caribbean Sea
こんにちは！プエルトリコに行きたいですね。
Hello! I want to go to Puerto Rico.
プエルトリコの音楽はとてもリズミカルですね。
Puerto Rican music is very rhythmic, isn't it?
2 more sentences on Tatoeba

Yui and Daigaku are talking about their dream vacation destinations.

結衣 Yui

大翔さんは、どこに旅行したいですか？
Daigaku-san wa, doko ni ryokou shitai desu ka?
Daigaku, where do you want to travel?
大翔 Hiroto

僕はプエルトリコに行ってみたいです。
Boku wa puerutoriko ni itte mitai desu.
I want to try going to Puerto Rico.
結衣 Yui

いいですね！あそこは海がとてもきれいだそうです。
Ii desu ne! Asoko wa umi ga totemo kirei da sou desu.
That's nice! I heard the ocean there is very beautiful.
大翔 Hiroto

はい、ぜひ一度行ってみたいです。
Hai, zehi ichido itte mitai desu.
Yes, I definitely want to visit once.

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