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Curacao

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Noun

1. curacao

a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles

2. curacao, curacoa

flavored with sour orange peel

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Curacao

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noun
orange-flavoured liqueur
noun
1. 
an island in the Caribbean, formerly a part of the Netherlands Antilles until their dissolution in 2010, now a constituent country of the Netherlands. Capital: Willemstad. Pop: 146 836 (2013 est). Area: 444 sq km (171 sq miles)
2. (also without capital)
an orange-flavoured liqueur originally made there

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Curacao

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1. 
largest island of the Netherlands Antilles, just north of the coast of Venezuela: 171 sq mi (443 sq km); pop. 147,000; cap. Willemstad
2.  Obsolete
Netherlands Antilles
noun
[also C-]
a liqueur made by flavoring distilled spirits with the dried peel of bitter oranges
: also ˌcuraˈçoa (ˌkjʊrəˈsoʊ ; kyoorˌəsōˈ)

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Curacao

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An island territory of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea off the northwest coast of Venezuela. Originally inhabited by the Arawak, it was settled by the Spanish in 1527. The Dutch gained control in 1634, although the British held the island during the Napoleonic Wars (1807-1815). Oil refining and tourism are the major industries.
n.
A liqueur flavored with the peel of the sour orange.

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