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Porteño

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Porteño (feminine: Porteña, lit.'port city person' in Spanish) is mainly used to refer to the residents of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is also used for other port cities, such as El Puerto de Santa María, Spain; Valparaíso, Chile;[1][2] Mazatlán, Veracruz, Acapulco and Tampico, Mexico; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; Puerto Colombia, Colombia; Puerto Suárez in Bolivia; Puerto Cortés, Honduras; Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and Montevideo, Uruguay.

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  1. ^ Gregory, Vanessa (November 8, 2009). "Tastes of Newly Fashionable Valparaíso, Chile". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  2. ^ Gabanski, Pepa (21 January 2011). "Old Prejudices Die Hard In Chile's Rival Coastal Cities: Viña and Valparaíso". The Santiago Times. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 2024-12-13.