Caracas

Caracas

See also: caraças and caracas

English

Etymology

Named after the Caraca tribe, derived from the local name of quinoa, an important food.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹækəs/

  • Audio (UK)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ækəs

Proper noun

Caracas

1. The capital city of Venezuela.

Related terms

• Caracasian (rare)

Translations

capital of Venezuela

Arabic: كَرَاكَاس‎ f (karākās) Armenian: Կարակաս (hy) (Karakas) Azerbaijani: Karakas (az) Belarusian: Кара́кас m (Karákas) Bulgarian: Кара́кас m (Karákas) Burmese: ကရာကက်စ်မြို့ (ka.rakakcmrui.) Catalan: Caracas Chinese: Mandarin: 卡拉卡斯 (Kǎlākǎsī) Czech: Caracas (cs) Danish: Caracas Dutch: Caracas (nl) n Esperanto: Karakaso (eo) Finnish: Caracas (fi) French: Caracas (fr) f Georgian: კარაკასი (ḳaraḳasi) German: Caracas (de) n Greek: Καράκας (Karákas) Hebrew: קראקס \\ קָרָקָס‎ f (karakas) Hindi: काराकास m (kārākās) Hungarian: Caracas (hu) Italian: Caracas f Japanese: カラカス (Karakasu) Kazakh: Каракас (Karakas) Khmer: ការ៉ាកាស (km) (kaaraakaah) Korean: 카라카스 (Karakaseu) Kyrgyz: Каракас (Karakas) Latvian: Karakasa f Lithuanian: Karakasas m Macedonian: Каракас m (Karakas) Maltese: Karakas Mongolian: Cyrillic: Каракас (Karakas) Navajo: Kʼáwakʼas Persian: کاراکاس‎ (kârâkâs) Polish: Caracas (pl) n Portuguese: Caracas (pt) f Romanian: Caracas (ro) Russian: Кара́кас (ru) m (Karákas) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Каракас m Roman: Caracas (sh) m Slovak: Caracas Slovene: Caracas Spanish: Caracas (es) m Tajik: Каракас (Karakas) Tatar: Каракас (Qaraqas) Thai: การากัส Turkish: Karakas (tr) Turkmen: Karakas Ukrainian: Кара́кас m (Karákas) Urdu: کاراکاس‎ m (kārākās) Uzbek: Karakas Vietnamese: Ca-ra-cát Yiddish: קאַראַקאַס‎ n (karakas)

Anagrams

• cascara

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Catalan

Proper noun

Caracas m

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Caracas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.kas/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -akas
• Syllabification: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas n (indeclinable)

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Derived terms

adjective

• karakaski

 

nouns

• karakaska
• karakaszczyk

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾa.kɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾa.kɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾa.kɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾa.kas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾa.kɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarakas]

Proper noun

Caracas m (genitive singular Caracasu)

1. Caracas (the capital of Venezuela)

References

• Caracas in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾakas/ [kaˈɾa.kas]
• Rhymes: -akas
• Syllabification: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas ?

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Anagrams

• carcasa
• cáscara