Aruba

American  

[ah-roo-bah] / ɑˈru bɑ /

noun

1. an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the West Indies, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 69 sq. mi. (179 sq. km).

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Aruba British  

/ əˈruːbə, ɑˈryːbaː /

noun

1. an island in the Caribbean, off the NW coast of Venezuela, a dependency of the Netherlands with special status; part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986. Chief town: Oranjestad. Pop: 109 153 (2013 est). Area: about 181 sq km (70 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

“It was like ‘The Hunger Games,’” said Laurel Cormie, who along with her daughter Eden scrambled to find a way home from Aruba after their flight was canceled on Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal

It later emerged that the mechanics in Aruba had identified the wrong engine to fix, according to maintenance records.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Stern said that Grey Bull had been building up a presence in the Caribbean, including inside Venezuela and the neighbouring island of Aruba, for months to get ready for potential operations in Venezuela.

From BBC

Although Curacao’s schedule has traditionally been chock-full of soft opponents such as Aruba, Saint Lucia and Grenada, Curacao also thumped World Cup qualifier Haiti 5-1 and tied Canada in the last seven months.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, upper management sent a talking head who gave a two-hour motivational speech outlining the seven new corporate principles that the company’s executives cooked up during their recent weeklong “retreat” in Aruba.

From Salon