Curaçao
Americannoun
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the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Willemstad.
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(lowercase) Also curaçao a cordial or liqueur flavored with the peel of the sour orange.
noun
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an island in the Caribbean, the largest in the Netherlands Antilles. Capital: Willemstad. Pop: 146 836 (2013 est). Area: 444 sq km (171 sq miles)
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an orange-flavoured liqueur originally made there
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The field of first-timers already guaranteed spots for this summer includes Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan, and Uzbekistan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
In 2018, it seized barrels of crude stored at facilities on the Dutch Caribbean islands of Curaçao, Bonaire and Sint Eustatius, according to a person familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
María Corina Machado left Venezuela on a fishing boat for Curaçao on Tuesday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
A private Embraer jet arrived in Curaçao from Miami on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
He now had barely six weeks to prepare for the Candidates tournament to be held on the island of Curaçao, thirty-eight miles off the coast of Venezuela.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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