Curaçao

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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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.

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Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Curaçao n (related adjective curaçaoský)

  1. Curaçao (an island and constituent country of the Netherlands).

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Further reading

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  • Curaçao”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Curaçao”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /kyːraːˈsʌu/, /kuːraːˈsʌu/
  • (Limburg) IPA(key): /kyːraːˈzaʊ̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Cu‧ra‧çao

Proper noun

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Curaçao n

  1. An island and constituent country of the Netherlands

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French

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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Curaçao m

  1. Curaçao (an island and constituent country of the Netherlands).

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. Curaçao (an island and constituent country of the Netherlands)

Noun

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

  1. curaçao (liqueur)

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Curaçao

  1. Curaçao
    Synonym: Kòrsou

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Portuguese curação.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Curaçao n (indeclinable)

  1. Curaçao (island)
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