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PORTO RICO

Volume 3 · 51 words · 1771 Edition

an island in the American ocean, one hundred and twenty miles long, and sixty broad, which produces sugar, rum, and ginger: situated between 64° and 68° of W. long. and in 8° of N. lat. It is subject to Spain. The capital is also called Porto Rico, and St John's city.