Curacao

Definition: Curacao

Curacao

Noun

1. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.

2. Flavored with sour orange peel.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Curacao" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Synonym: Curacao

Crosswords: Curacao

Books

• Curacao (reference)

• Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Curacao (reference)

• Hunter Travel Guide to Aruba, Bonaire, & Curacao (Adventure Guides) (reference)

• Landmark Visitors Guides to Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao (Landmark Visitors Guide Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao) (reference)

• Social Movements, Violence, and Change: The May Movement in Curacao (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Curacao (reference)

• Discover Curacao (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Musica Negra In The Americas: Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao (reference)

• Musik Aus Aller Welt: Curacao [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

'tEyland Curacao anno 1800. Credit: Library of Congress.

Inner canal and basin, Curacao, W.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Curacao, W.I., from the hills. Credit: Library of Congress.

Anchorage in inner bay [i.e. Sint Anna Bay], Curacao, D.W.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Across the inner bay [Sint Anna Bay], Curacao, D.W.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

St. Anne Bay [i.e. Sint Anna Bay], Curacao, D.W.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Across St. Anne Bay [i.e. Sint Anna Bay], Curacao, D.W.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Residence street, Curacao, D.W.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Street in Curacao, D.W.I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

The Netherlands

The Dutch-U.S. cooperation on joint anti-drug operations in the Caribbean is excellent, including an agreement establishing Forward Operating Locations on the Dutch Kingdom islands of Aruba and Curacao. (references)

Venezuela

Nynas refines and distributes heavy oil in Sweden, Belgium, and the UK. In the Caribbean, PDVSA has a long-term contract to operate the Refineria Isla refinery and storage terminal in Curacao from the Curacao government. (references)

Human Rights

Netherlands

In September it found that prison guards on Curacao and St. Maarten routinely smuggled drugs and firearms into the prison and allowed breakouts and sexual assaults to occur. (references)

Worker Rights

Dominican Republic

In April the National Department of Investigations dismantled a trafficking ring that was trafficking women to Curacao and San Martin. (references)

Dominican Republic

According to a report released in July by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), principal destination countries are in Europe and Latin America, including Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Curacao, San Martin, Aruba, Panama, Venezuela, and Argentina. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "Curacao": Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. Additional references.

Dutch

Benedenwindse eilanden (and Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire). (various references)

French

îles Sous-le-Vent (and Curacao). (various references)

German

Inseln unter dem Winde (and Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire). (various references)

Greek 

ίουράσω. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

キャンプ村 (campaign, campaign sale, campsite, Canberra, Canon, Cuba, Cuban heel, cubic, cubic type, cubism, cue, culotte, culotte skirt, Cupid, curator, cure, curie, curiosity, curium, cute, cuticle, cuticle cream, cuticle remover, cutie, killer, killer dust, kiosk, queue). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

キュラソー . (various references)

Pig Latin

uracaocay

Russian 

ликер кюрасо (curacao 1). (various references)

Vietnamese 

rượu vỏ cam (curacoa). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Curacao": curacaos. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Curacao" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caracao, Caricuao, Cirefca, criacao, Cubatao, Cusamano. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: curacoa.

-2 letters: cacao, occur.

-3 letters: arco, aura, caca, coca, croc, orca.

-4 letters: arc, car, cor, cur, oar, oca, ora, orc, our, roc.

-5 letters: aa, ar, or.

+1 letter: carcajou, curacaos, curacoas.

+2 letters: autocracy, carcajous.

+3 letters: accusatory, autocratic, calcareous, calculator, nonaccrual, scaramouch.

+4 letters: accumulator, autocracies, calculators, cataractous, contractual, scaramouche.

+5 letters: accumulators, autocratical, backcourtman, calcareously, carbonaceous, cosurfactant, macronuclear, scaramouches, ultracompact.