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curaçao

See also: curacao, Curacao, curação, and Curaçao

English edit

 
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Curaçao liqueur

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Etymology edit

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 cūrātiō (“cure”), from cūrāre (“to cure”) + -ātiō (“-ation: forming abstract nouns”), from cūra (“attention, care”) + -āre (“forming verbs”), q.v.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/, /ˈkjuːɹəsəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈk(j)ʊəɹ.əˌsaʊ/, /ˈk(j)ʊəɹ.əˌsoʊ/, /ˌk(j)ʊəɹ.əˈsaʊ/, /ˌk(j)ʊəɹ.əˈsoʊ/

Noun edit

curaçao (countable and uncountable, plural curaçaos)

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

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References edit

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch curaçao, named after the island Curaçao.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ky.ʁa.so/
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Noun edit

curaçao m (plural curaçaos)

  1. the orange peel-flavored liqueur curaçao

Further reading edit

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