In Spanish, the term Porteño (feminine: Porteña) means "port city person".
They called themselves Porteños to distinguish themselves from existing criollo (colonial Spanish) ancestry, mestizos, indigenous people and mulattoes.
[3] Buenos Aires produces some of the best polo players in the world, due to the high quality of ponies raised throughout the fertile grasslands in the Pampas region and the enthusiastic sponsorship of the sport by Argentina's land-owning elites.
[5] Also tracing to the inherent geographies of the Pampas, Porteño cuisine consists heavily of beef.
[citation needed] While not the majority ethnicity in Argentina, Porteños are prominent in the eastern province of Buenos Aires.