Nuyorican /ˌnjuːjəˈɹiːkn̩/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Of or relating to New Yorkers of Puerto Rican descent.English-speaking Nuyorican, Chicano, and Cuban writers know two verbs for to be and to know, and are obsessed with the past. — 1993 noun1 •A New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent. formsNuyoricans · more nuyorican · most nuyorican