Curaçao

Curaçao

See also: curacao, Curacao, curaçao, and curação

English

Alternative forms

• Curacao

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Curação, literally meaning “curing” but likely a Portuguese pronunciation of a native Arawak self-designation.

Pronunciation

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

Antillean Creole: Guadeloupean Creole: Kiwaso m Martinican Creole: Kiwaso m Arabic: كوراساو‎ (kurasaw) Cherokee: ᎫᎳᎨᎣ (gulageo) Corsican: Curaçao m 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) Marathi: कुरासाओ (kurāsāo) Occitan: Curaçao m Papiamentu: Corsou, Kòrsou Polish: Curaçao (pl) n Portuguese: Curaçao m, Curaçau m, Curação m Russian: Кюраса́о (ru) m (Kjurasáo) Spanish: Curazao m, Curasao m Sranan Tongo: Korsow Thai: กือราเซา (gʉʉ-raa-sao) Ukrainian: Кюраса́о m (Kjurasáo) Volapük: Küraseän (vo) West Frisian: Kurasau n

Further reading

• Curaçao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• curacoa, curaçoa

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Curaçao. Potentially derived from the self-designation of the island's native inhabitants. An undocumented yet persistent folk etymology holds that the name of the island derives from Portuguese coração (“heart”) (as a reference to the island's importance in trade networks) or curação (“healing, recovery”) (as a reference to the island being used as a sanatorium for ill sailors).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Curaçao n

1. An island and constituent country of the Netherlands.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Curaçao.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Curaçao m

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

Derived terms

• corossol
• curaçao

 

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

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

Noun

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

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.

Doublet of Kòrsou

Proper noun

Curaçao

1. Curaçao

   Synonym: Kòrsou

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (island)

Related terms

noun

• curaçao

 

Further reading

• Curaçao in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Curaçao in Polish dictionaries at PWN