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an orange-flavoured liqueur originally made there
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In Curaçao, Stern said, he spoke once to Dutch authorities on the island but intentionally didn’t brief them to keep them from being thought complicit and drawing the ire of neighboring Venezuela.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
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
A private Embraer jet arrived in Curaçao from Miami on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The authors were quick to point out, however, that “Fischer was not a strong enough favorite to be severely harmed by the draw collusion in the notorious Candidates Tournament in Curaçao, 1962.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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