Curaçao

See also: curacao, Curacao, curaçao, and curação

English

Alternative forms

• Curacao

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, literally from curação (“cure, healing”) but probably a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkuːɹəˈsaʊ/

Proper noun

Curaçao

2. An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea>> off the west coast of Venezuela.

Derived terms

• Curaçaoan

Related terms

• curaçao

Translations

Dutch island in the Caribbean

• Antillean Creole:

  Guadeloupean Creole: Kiwaso m

  Martinican Creole: Kiwaso m

• Arabic: كوراساو (kurasaw)
• Cherokee: ᎫᎳᎨᎣ (gulageo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 庫拉索 / 库拉索 (zh) (Kùlāsuǒ)

• Corsican: Curaçao m
• Czech: Curaçao (cs) n
• Danish: Curaçao
• Dutch: Curaçao (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kuracao
• Estonian: Curaçao (et)
• French: Curaçao (fr) m
• German: Curaçao (de) n
• Greek: Κουρασάο (el) n (Kourasáo)
• Haitian Creole: Kiraso m
• Italian: Curaçao m
• Japanese: キュラソー (Kyurasō), クラサオ (Kurasao)
• Korean: 퀴라소 (Kwiraso)
• Latin: Cūrātiō f, īnsula Cūrātiōnis f, insula Curacensis f (New Latin), Curatius m (New Latin)
• Latvian: Kurasao
• Marathi: कुरासाओ (kurāsāo)
• Occitan: Curaçao m
• Papiamentu: Corsou, Kòrsou
• Polish: Curaçao (pl) n
• Portuguese: Curaçao (pt) m, Curaçau (pt) m, Curação m
• Russian: Кюраса́о (ru) m (Kjurasáo)
• Spanish: Curazao (es) m, Curasao (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Korsow
• Thai: กือราเซา (gʉʉ-raa-sao)
• Ukrainian: Кюраса́о m (Kjurasáo)
• Volapük: Küraseän (vo)
• West Frisian: Kurasau n

Anagrams

• curacoa, curaçoa

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪraso]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ra‧çao

Proper noun

Curaçao n (relational adjective curaçaoský)

1. Curaçao (An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea>> off the west coast of Venezuela)

Declension

Declension of Curaçao (sg-only semisoft neuter)

	singular
nominative	Curaçao
genitive	Curaçaa
dative	Curaçau
accusative	Curaçao
vocative	Curaçao
locative	Curaçau
instrumental	Curaçaem

Further reading

• “Curaçao”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Curaçao”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym but sometimes folk-etymologized as derived from Portuguese Ilha da Curação (“Isle of Healing”) from curação (“cure, healing”) in reference to the island's use as a place of recovery for sailors sick with scurvy and other ailments or from modification of coração (“heart”) in reference to its supposed importance in local trade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyːraːˈsɑu̯/, /kuːraːˈsɑu̯/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Cu‧ra‧çao

Proper noun

Curaçao n

1. Curaçao (An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea>> off the west coast of Venezuela)

Derived terms

• curaçao

French

Etymology

From Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ʁa.so/
• Homophone: curaçao

Proper noun

Curaçao m

1. Curaçao (An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea>> off the west coast of Venezuela)

Derived terms

• corossol
• curaçao

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.raˈsaʊ̯/, /ky.raˈsaː.o/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Curaçao n (proper noun, genitive Curaçaos or (optionally with an article) Curaçao)

1. Curaçao (An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea>> off the west coast of Venezuela)

Noun

Curaçao m (strong, genitive Curaçaos or Curaçao, plural Curaçaos or Curaçao)

1. curaçao (liqueur)

Papiamentu

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym. Doublet of Kòrsou.

Proper noun

Curaçao

1. Curaçao (An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea>> off the west coast of Venezuela)

   Synonym: Kòrsou

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Portuguese curação.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kju.raˈsa.ɔ/
• Rhymes: -aɔ
• Syllabification: Cu‧ra‧ça‧o

Proper noun

Curaçao n (indeclinable)

1. Curaçao (An island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea>> off the west coast of Venezuela)

Related terms

noun

• curaçao

Further reading

• Curaçao in Polish dictionaries at PWN