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curaçao

 
Dictionary: cu·ra·çao   (kyʊr'ə-sō', -sou', kʊr'-) pronunciation also cu·ra·çoa
(-sō'ə)
n.
A liqueur flavored with the peel of the sour orange.

[After CURAÇAO.]


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A liqueur made from the rind of Seville oranges and brandy or gin; 30% alcohol, 30% sugar; 300 kcal (1260 kJ)/100  mL.

[KYOOR-uh-soh; KOO-rah-soh] A generic term for several orange-flavored liqueurs named for the dried peel of bitter curaçao oranges found on a Netherlands Antilles island in the Caribbean. Most curaçaos are amber in color, although a few are colorless and several are tinted blue. cointreau and triple sec are the world's most popular curaçaos.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: flavored with sour orange peel
  Synonym: curacoa


 
 
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Lesser Antilles (island group of the eastern West Indies)
Netherlands Antilles (autonomous territory of the Netherlands)

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