Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curaçao

/ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: cu-ra-cao
IPA: /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Curaçao, -, curação, curatio

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/
British English: /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Curacao (alternative) curaçaos (plural) curacoa (alternative) curaçoa (alternative)

Derived Forms

Curaçaoan

Frequently Paired Words

curaçao

Rhymes With

curacao

Questions

How do you pronounce curaçao?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/.
What does curaçao mean?: 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.
Where does curaçao come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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