# Aruba
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈɹuː.bə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːbə

### Proper noun

Aruba
* An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.
** 1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys:Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
* A Meitei surname from Manipuri

#### Derived terms

* Arubian

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Countries of the world

### Further reading

* Aruba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Barua, abura

## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaruba]
* Rhymes: -uba
* Hyphenation: Aru‧ba

### Proper noun

Aruba f (relational adjective arubský, demonym Aruban, female demonym Arubanka)
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Aruba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Uncertain. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from Spanish oro (“gold”) and the third-person singular preterite form of haber (“to have”) ("there was gold"), a derivation from Kalinago oruba (“well-placed”) or a compound of two Kalinago words, ora (“shell”) and oubao (“island”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːˈru.baː/, /aːˈry.baː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Aru‧ba

### Proper noun

Aruba n
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

#### Derived terms

* Arubaans

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈruː.ba/, [äˈruːbä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈru.ba/, [äˈruːbä]

### Proper noun

Arūba f sg (genitive Arūbae); first declension
* (New Latin) Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

## Norman
### Proper noun

Aruba
* (Jersey) Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑɾʉːbɑ/

### Proper noun

Aruba
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Aruba
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Arawak Taíno ora (“shell”) + oubao (“island”).

### Proper noun

Aruba
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾu.bɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾu.bɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈɾu.ba/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈɾu.bɐ/ [ɐˈɾu.βɐ]

### Proper noun

Aruba f
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

#### Derived terms

* arubano

## Serbo-Croatian
### Proper noun

Aruba f (Cyrillic spelling Аруба)
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈɾuba/ [aˈɾu.β̞a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uba
* Syllabification: A‧ru‧ba

### Proper noun

Aruba f
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

#### Derived terms

* arubano

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Aruba n (genitive Arubas)
* Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

#### Related terms

* arubansk (“Aruban”, adjective)
* aruban c (“Aruban male”)
* arubanska c (“Aruban female”)