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CURACAO

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flavored with sour orange peel

Synonyms:

curacao; curacoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("curacao" is a kind of...):

orange liqueur (liqueur flavored with orange)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Curacao" is a part of...):

Netherlands Antilles (a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands)

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