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Vinony

Curaçao

proper noun

  1. island country in the Caribbean
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/ / /ˌkuːɹəˈsaʊ/ / /ˈkjuːɹəsəʊ/ / /ˈk(j)ʊəɹ.əˌsaʊ/

name

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

  1. 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

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Dutch curaçao, named for the island Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles, ultimately probably a Portuguese transcription of a Lokono endonym but literally equivalent to Portuguese curação (“cure, healing”), from Latin cūrātiōnem (“cure”), from cūrō (“to cure”) + -ātiō (“-ation”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from cūra (“attention, care”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), q.v.

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