curacao

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Deutsch - Türkisch
l. n.pr. Küraso
(-likör) küraso
Englisch - Englisch
Alternative spelling of curaçao
{i} autonomous island which is the largest of one of the Netherlands Antilles (in the Caribbean Sea); orange flavored liqueur made with dried peel of bitter oranges
A liqueur made from the peel of bitter oranges
a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
flavored with sour orange peel a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
flavored with sour orange peel
curacao

    Silbentrennung

    Cu·ra·cao

    Türkische aussprache

    kyûrısau

    Aussprache

    /ˈkyo͝orəˌsou/ /ˈkjʊrəˌsaʊ/

    Etymologie

    [ 'kyur-&-"sO, -"sau, 'kur-; ] (noun.) 1813. From Dutch, named after the island Curaçao, one of the Dutch Antilles, itself named after the Portuguese word curação (“medical cure”), from Latin curatio (“cure”), from curare (“to cure”), from cura (“care, cure”).
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