Aruba

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Aruba

  1. An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.
    • 1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys:
      Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
  2. A Meitei surname from Manipuri

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaruba]
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: Aru‧ba

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Aruba f (related adjective arubský, demonym Aruban, female demonym Arubanka)

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

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Further reading

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  • Aruba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from Spanish oro (gold) and the third-person singular preterite form of haber (to have) ("there was gold"), a derivation from Kalinago oruba (well-placed) or a compound of two Kalinago words, ora (shell) and oubao (island).

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  • IPA(key): /aːˈru.baː/, /aːˈry.baː/
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  • Hyphenation: Aru‧ba

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Aruba n

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

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Latin

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Arūba f sg (genitive Arūbae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Arūba
Genitive Arūbae
Dative Arūbae
Accusative Arūbam
Ablative Arūbā
Vocative Arūba
Locative Arūbae

Norman

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Aruba

  1. (Jersey) Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Aruba

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Aruba

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Arawak Taíno ora (shell) + oubao (island).

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Aruba

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Portuguese

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Aruba f

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

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Aruba f (Cyrillic spelling Аруба)

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈɾuba/ [aˈɾu.β̞a]
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  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Syllabification: A‧ru‧ba

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Aruba f

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

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Aruba n (genitive Arubas)

  1. Aruba (a dependent territory of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
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