Curaçao

== English == === Alternative forms === Curacao === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌkuːɹəˈsaʊ/ === Proper noun === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === curacoa, curaçoa == Czech == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɪraso] Rhymes: -aso Hyphenation: Cu‧ra‧çao === Proper noun === Curaçao n (relational adjective curaçaoský) 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 ==== === Further reading === “Curaçao”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Curaçao”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === From Spanish Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) 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/ Hyphenation: Cu‧ra‧çao === Proper noun === Curaçao n 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 ==== == 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 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 ==== == 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/ === Proper noun === Curaçao n (proper noun, genitive Curaçaos or (optionally with an article) Curaçao) 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) curaçao (liqueur) == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.rasˈsa.o/, /ku.rasˈsɔw/, (proscribed) /ku.raˈka.o/ Rhymes: -ao, -ɔw === Proper noun === Curaçao m (invariable) 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) == 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 synonym of Kòrsou: 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) == 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) 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 ==== === Further reading === “Curaçao”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Proper noun === Curaçao m obsolete spelling of Curazao