Curaçao

See also: curacao, Curacao, curaçao, and curação

English

Alternative forms

• Curacao

Etymology

Likely a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese pronunciation of a native (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lokono self-designation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkuːɹəˈsaʊ/

Proper noun

Curaçao

1. An island in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Curaçaoan

Translations

Island

• Danish: Curaçao
• Dutch: Curaçao (nl)
• Estonian: Curaçao (et)
• French: Curaçao (fr) m
• German: Curaçao (de) n
• Greek: Κουρασάο (el) n (Kourasáo)
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• Marathi: कुरासाओ (kurasāo)
• Papiamentu: Corsou
• Russian: Кюраса́о (ru) m (Kjurasáo)
• Spanish: Curazao m, Curasao m
• Thai: กือราเซา (gʉʉ-raa-sao)
• Volapük: Küraseän (vo)

Further reading

• Curaçao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• curacoa, curaçoa

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German

Etymology

From Dutch Curaçao, from Portuguese coração (“heart”) or curação (“healing, recovery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.raˈsaʊ̯/, /-ˈsaː.o/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Curaçao n (proper noun, strong, genitive Curaçaos)

1. Curaçao (island)

Noun

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

1. curaçao (liqueur)

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese curação ("cure" or "medical recovery").

Portuguese sailors who were ill were left at the island now known as Curaçao. When their ship returned, they had recovered, likely cured from scurvy, probably after eating fruit with vitamin C. From then on the Portuguese referred to this as Ilha da Curação (Island of Healing).

Another explanation is that it is derived from the Portuguese word for heart (coração), referring to the island as a centre in trade.

Proper noun

Curaçao

1. Curaçao