Curaçao

American  

[koor-uh-sou, -soh, kyoor-, koor-uh-sou, -soh, kyoor-] / ˈkʊər əˌsaʊ, -ˌsoʊ, ˈkyʊər-, ˌkʊər əˈsaʊ, -ˈsoʊ, ˌkyʊər- /

noun

1. the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Willemstad.

2. Netherlands Antilles.

3. (lowercase) Also curaçao a cordial or liqueur flavored with the peel of the sour orange.

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Curaçao British  

/ ˌkjʊərəˈsəʊ /

noun

1. 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)

2. an orange-flavoured liqueur originally made there

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Example Sentences

Other destinations which celebrated a double digit rise in international arrivals included Curacao, a small Caribbean island that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Sri Lanka.

From Barron's

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

Trafigura’s first cargo arrived at Curaçao this week and is now waiting to be loaded onto another vessel bound for the final buyer, according to a person familiar with the matter and the Facebook page of Curaçao’s prime minister.

From The Wall Street Journal

It added that the vessel's location tracker was last active 52 days ago, northeast of Curacao, and that "the seizure follows a prolonged pursuit of tankers linked to sanctioned Venezuelan oil shipments in the region".

From BBC

A few weeks later, opposition leader María Corina Machado made a daring escape from the country, slipping through military checkpoints to reach a fishing boat bound for Curaçao and a private jet headed to Norway, where she was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize.

From The Wall Street Journal