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curaçao

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English

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Curaçao liqueur

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Dutch curaçao, named for the island Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles, ultimately probably a Portuguese transcription of a Lokono endonym but literally equivalent to Portuguese curação (cure, healing), from Latin cūrātiōnem (cure), from cūrō (to cure) + -ātiō (-ation, suffix forming abstract nouns), from cūra (attention, care) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), q.v.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/, /ˈkjuːɹəsəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈk(j)ʊəɹ.əˌsaʊ/, /ˈk(j)ʊəɹ.əˌsoʊ/, /ˌk(j)ʊəɹ.əˈsaʊ/, /ˌk(j)ʊəɹ.əˈsoʊ/

Noun

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curaçao (countable and uncountable, plural curaçaos)

  1. A liqueur made from eau de vie, sugar, and dried peel of sweet and sour oranges, naturally colorless but typically artificially colored blue.

Translations

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References

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  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch curaçao, named after the island Curaçao.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ky.ʁa.so/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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curaçao m (plural curaçaos)

  1. the orange peel-flavored liqueur curaçao

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