# Curaçao
## English
### Alternative forms

* Curacao

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, literally from curação (“cure, healing”) but probably a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˌkuːɹəˈsaʊ/

### Proper noun

Curaçao
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* Curaçaoan

#### Related terms

* curaçao

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* curacoa, curaçoa

## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɪraso]
* Rhymes: -aso
* Hyphenation: Cu‧ra‧çao

### Proper noun

Curaçao n (relational adjective curaçaoský)
* Curaçao (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)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Curaçao”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Curaçao”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym but sometimes folk-etymologized as derived from Portuguese Ilha da Curação (“Isle of Healing”) from curação (“cure, healing”) in reference to the island's use as a place of recovery for sailors sick with scurvy and other ailments or from modification of coração (“heart”) in reference to its supposed importance in local trade.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kyːraːˈsʌu/, /kuːraːˈsʌu/
* (Limburg) IPA: /kyːraːˈzaʊ̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Cu‧ra‧çao

### Proper noun

Curaçao n
* Curaçao (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)

#### Derived terms

* curaçao

## French
### Etymology

From Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky.ʁa.so/
* Homophone: curaçao

### Proper noun

Curaçao m
* Curaçao (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)

#### Derived terms

* corossol
* curaçao

## German
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky.raˈsaʊ̯/, /ky.raˈsaː.o/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Curaçao n (proper noun, genitive Curaçaos or (optionally with an article) Curaçao)
* Curaçao (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

Curaçao m (strong, genitive Curaçaos or Curaçao, plural Curaçaos or Curaçao)
* curaçao (liqueur)

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Spanish Curaçao, from Portuguese Curação, probably as a transcription of a Lokono endonym. Doublet of Kòrsou.

### Proper noun

Curaçao
* Curaçao (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)
    Synonym: Kòrsou

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Curaçao, from Portuguese curação.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kju.raˈsa.ɔ/
* Rhymes: -aɔ
* Syllabification: Cu‧ra‧ça‧o

### Proper noun

Curaçao n (indeclinable)
* Curaçao (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)

#### Related terms

* curaçao

### Further reading

* Curaçao in Polish dictionaries at PWN