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an orange-flavoured liqueur originally made there
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Curacao, Cape Verde, Uzbekistan and Jordan will play in the tournament for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
And don’t sleep on Curacao, the smallest country ever to qualify.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The head coach said Gannon-Doak got so excited before the Curacao game that it ran away from him.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Curacao, the smallest country to qualify for a World Cup, will play its first game against Germany, a four-time champion, while Cape Verde will open against Spain, the reigning European champion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
But on that same day a Norwegian tanker, headed for Willemstad, was torpedoed off Curacao, and fear again swept over the old city.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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