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CSP: island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies; a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States.,MSH: An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436),NCI: An island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic. (NCI),NCI: An island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic. (CIA World Factbook 2002)