Curaçao
Americannoun
-
the main island of the Netherlands Antilles, off the NW coast of Venezuela. 173 sq. mi. (448 sq. km). Willemstad.
-
(lowercase) Also curaçao a cordial or liqueur flavored with the peel of the sour orange.
noun
-
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)
-
an orange-flavoured liqueur originally made there
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The field of first-timers already guaranteed spots for this summer includes Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan, and Uzbekistan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
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 • Jan. 19, 2026
It signaled a destination of Curaçao, just off the coast of Venezuela, but then suddenly reversed course on Dec. 15, Kpler said, after the U.S. seized its first ship of the quarantine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
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
Pundits’ predictions were proven totally wrong when the first news issued from Curaçao that May.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
