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an orange-flavoured liqueur originally made there
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Added Jones: “Thinking that this kid from Curaçao who came here chasing a dream, gets a chance to play a sport he loves and ends up in Cooperstown, is wild.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
On Friday, Machado took off in a private plane from Virginia to Curaçao, an autonomous Dutch island 40 miles from Venezuela, on a flight authorized by U.S. authorities, people familiar with the trip said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The buzz: Germany pounded tiny Curaçao 7-1 in its opener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The inevitable question will linger: if Curaçao can do it, why can't India?
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
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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