boriqua

A Puerto Rican. Be it male or female

"Yo soy boriqua, pa que tu los sepa!"

by R0SiE May 1, 2005

boriqua

From Puerto Rico, derived from Boriqua the original name of Puerto Rico before the spaniards came to teh island.

I am a proud Boriqua honey from the Bronx!

by ChiAli May 13, 2005

boriqua

A person who was BORN in Puerto Rico. Those of Puerto Rican heritage born in continental USA don't count.

1. I was born in Puerto Rico, therefore I am Boriqua
2. I am from the Bronx, therefore I'm Boriqua de corazon

by Stephanie T. September 23, 2005

Boriqua-stein

Puerto Rican Jew who meets random people at clubs and introduces themselves as Boriqua.

Nazneen wishes she was Boriqua-stein, but she's unfortunately not Jewish.

by Marjan November 3, 2007

boricua

Boricua might be seen as a synonym for Puerto Rican.

"Boricua" means native from Borinquen (the island original name). This is similar to "Puerto Rican" which means native from Puerto Rico.

by Leonardo Valentin October 16, 2003

Boricua

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AMAZING -- A definition that isn't racist !
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(n) Appellation many Puerto Ricans prefer as a matter of ethnic pride. “Boricua” was the name Puerto Rico’s indigenous Indians, the Taino, gave to their island. The term means “valiant people.” (The Puerto Rican national anthem is "La Borinqueña." Other spellings are: Boriquén, Borinquen, or Borinquén).

Boricua College is a non-traditional four year institution started in New York in 1973. The college has 1200 mostly low income students on its campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

by Bill Peters November 30, 2006

boricua

Boricua" goes back centuries. The island was called Boriken by the native Taínos. "Boricua" was derived from Boriken - most likely coined by early colonial Spaniards. All those names Boricua, Borinquen, Borincano, Borinqueño - are very old Puerto Rican terminology found in old Puerto Rican history books, and poems that are over 200 years old, etc. If you have not studied in Puerto Rico and read these words in our own Spanish literature (in school textbooks) and native poems then you might think of them as "foreign" but they are not. You are right they are not "proper" Castellano, but only Spaniards speak "proper" Castellano. These terms are actually "criollo" - developed in the island. They are true Puerto Rican terminology.)

Not every Boricua is a Puerto Rican. In order to be clasified as a Boricua you should have very special and particular characteristics as a puertorican.(CSR)

by Anthony Ramos & Ivonne Figueroa (Editor of EL BORICUA) July 20, 2005