Meanings
curaçao1
plural curaçaos · alternative curacao · alternative curacoa · alternative curaçoa
- countableuncountableA liqueur made from eau de vie, sugar, and dried peel of sweet and sour oranges, naturally colorless but typically artificially colored blue.
Curaçao2
alternative Curacao
- 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.
Origin
curaçao · noun
- Latincūrātiōnem“cure”
- Portuguesecuração“cure, healing”
- Englishcuraçao
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Curaçao · proper noun
- SpanishCuraçao
- EnglishCuraçao
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, probably a transcription of a Caquetío (Arawakan) endonym.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Arabic كُورَاسَاوْ
- كُورَاسَاوْ (kūrāsāw)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Basque Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Bengali কুরাসাও
- কুরাসাও (kuraśaō)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Bulgarian кюрасо́, Кюрасао
- кюрасо́ (kjurasó)liqueur
- Кюрасао (Kjurasao)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Catalan Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Chinese Mandarin 庫拉索 /库拉索
- 庫拉索 /库拉索 (Kùlāsuǒ)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Czech Curaçao likér, Curaçao
- Curaçao likérliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Danish Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Dutch curaçao, Curaçao
- curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Esperanto Kuracao
- KuracaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Estonian Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Finnish curaçao, Curaçao
- curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
French curaçao, Curaçao
- curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
German Curaçao, Curaçao
- Curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Greek Κουρασάο
- Κουρασάο (Kourasáo)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Hebrew קוראסאו, קוראסאו
- קוראסאוliqueur
- קוראסאו (korasou)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Hindi कुरासाओ
- कुरासाओ (kurāsāo)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Hungarian küraszó, narancslikőr
- küraszóliqueur
- narancslikőrliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Indonesian Curaçao, Curaçao
- Curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Italian curaçao, Curaçao
- curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Japanese キュラソー, キュラソー
- キュラソー (kyurasō)liqueur
- キュラソー (Kyurasō)Dutch island in the Caribbean
- クラサオ (Kurasao)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Korean 퀴라소, 퀴라소
- 퀴라소 (kwiraso)liqueur
- 퀴라소 (Kwiraso)Dutch island in the Caribbean
- 꾸라싸오 (Kkurassao)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Latin Cūrātiō, īnsula Cūrātiōnis
- CūrātiōDutch island in the Caribbean
- īnsula CūrātiōnisDutch island in the Caribbean
- insula CuracensisDutch island in the Caribbean
- CuratiusDutch island in the Caribbean
Latvian Kirasao
- KirasaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Lithuanian Kiurasão
- KiurasãoDutch island in the Caribbean
Malay Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Norwegian Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Persian کوراسائو
- کوراسائو (kewrasa'ew)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Polish curacao, curaçao
- curacaoliqueur
- curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Portuguese curaçau, Curaçau
- curaçauliqueur
- CuraçauDutch island in the Caribbean
- CuraçãoDutch island in the Caribbean
Romanian Curaçao, Curaçao
- Curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Russian кюрасо́, кюраса́о
- кюрасо́ (kjurasó)liqueur
- кюраса́о (kjurasáo)liqueur
- Кюраса́о (Kjurasáo)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Slovak Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Spanish curazao, curasao
- curazaoliqueur
- curasaoliqueur
- CurazaoDutch island in the Caribbean
- CurasaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Swahili Korsou
- KorsouDutch island in the Caribbean
Swedish curaçao, Curaçao
- curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Tagalog Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Tamil கோர்சாவ்
- கோர்சாவ் (kōrcāv)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Thai กือราเซา
- กือราเซา (gʉʉ-raa-sao)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Turkish Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Ukrainian Кюраса́о
- Кюраса́о (Kjurasáo)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Urdu کیوراساؤ
- کیوراساؤ (kyorāsāo)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Vietnamese Curaçao, Curaçao
- Curaçaoliqueur
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Welsh Curaçao
- CuraçaoDutch island in the Caribbean
Yiddish קוראַסאַאָ
- קוראַסאַאָ (kurasao)Dutch island in the Caribbean
Cite this entry
curaçao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cura%C3%A7ao
“curaçao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cura%C3%A7ao. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curaçao,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cura%C3%A7ao.
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