Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea,...
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Caribbean island of Curaçao. Curaçao can be sold in numerous forms, though the most common are the orange-hued dry curaçao and blue curaçao, which is dyed...
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Look up Curaçao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean Sea which is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
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The Curaçao national football team (Dutch: Curaçaos voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou) represents Curaçao in international football...
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the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, in the southern Caribbean Sea. The airport is located on the north coast of Curaçao, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from...
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recently allowed larger cruise ships to dock at Curaçao, increasing its position as a tourism destination. Curaçao is a popular tourism location for the Eastern...
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Klein Curaçao (English: Little Curaçao) is a 1.7-square-kilometre (170 ha; 0.66 sq mi) uninhabited island belonging to, and lying 10 km south-east of,...
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Netherlands Antilles (category 20th century in Curaçao)
Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire in the Leeward Antilles. The country came into being in 1954 as the autonomous successor of the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies...
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Telecommunications in Curaçao. The ITU international calling code for the country is +5999. Terrestrial radio stations operating in Curaçao include the following...
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flooding in Curaçao, destroying a bridge and several water dams. It resulted in losses of $350,000 (1954 USD). No hurricane has made landfall in Curaçao since...
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Triple sec (redirect from Curaçao triple sec)
liqueurs by steeping dried orange peels from places such as the island of Curaçao. Unlike the modern-day triple sec, which contain only the flavor of orange...
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Dutch Caribbean (redirect from Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)
Antilles archipelago. Currently, it comprises the constituent countries of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten (the 'CAS' islands) and the special municipalities...
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Kingdom of the Netherlands (section Curaçao)
and the Netherlands Antilles, (formerly, Kolonie Curaçao en Onderhorige Eilanden, "Colony of Curaçao and subordinates") were colonies of the Netherlands...
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volkskunde van Curaçao, Aruba en Bonaire [Zjozjolí: Data on the Folklore of Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire] (in Dutch). Willemstad, Curaçao: Instant Printing...
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dealt with the earliest inhabitants of Curaçao. Spaniard Alonso de Ojeda became the first European to visit Curaçao on 26 July 1499. At that time about 2...
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Willemstad (redirect from Willemstad, Curaçao)
Government of Curaçao (in Dutch). p. 9. Retrieved 22 April 2021. "Ontwikkeling huisvesting op Curaçao door Shell". National Archive of Curaçao (in Dutch)...
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internationally renowned kind of Curaçao music. Tumba is the name of an African-derived rhythm, as are seú and tambú. The Curaçao-born composer Jan Gerard Palm...
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African man enslaved on the island of Curaçao, in the Dutch West Indies, who liberated himself and led the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795. The revolt, which...
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operations at the end of April 2013. Curaçao Express operated the following services (in January 2005): The CuracaoExel/Curaçao Express fleet consisted of the...
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The Emblem of Curaçao (Papiamentu: Emblema di Kòrsou) is a yet to be adopted national symbol of Curaçao. The design will be based on a concept by Andresetti...
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Plaza Hotel Curaçao is a former hotel in Willemstad, Curaçao. It was constructed in the Waterfort, and opened on 12 October 1957 as Hotel Curaçao Intercontinental...
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synagogue, located at Hanchi di Snoa 29, Punda, in the city of Willemstad, Curaçao, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in southern Caribbean...
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a large flat-topped hill in Curaçao, an island state in the Dutch Caribbean. The Tafelberg mesa is in southeastern Curaçao, near the Santa Barbara beach...
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lower court in Curaçao ruled that preventing same-sex couples from marrying violates the equality provisions of the Constitution of Curaçao, but left the...
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The national flag of Curaçao represents the country of Curaçao as well as the island area within the Netherlands Antilles from 1984 until its dissolution...
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Parliament". Curaçao Chronicle. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017. "Gilmar Pisas Is Now Officially The New President Of Parliament". Curaçao Chronicle...
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The Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (Dutch: Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden; Papiamento: Kolonia di Kòrsou i dependensianan) was a Dutch colony in...
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The Miss Curaçao (In Papiamentu: Miss Kòrsou) is a national beauty pageant in Curaçao. This pageant is unrelated to the Señorita Curaçao or Miss International...
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islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao). The language, spelled Papiamento in Aruba and Papiamentu in Bonaire and Curaçao, is largely based on Portuguese...
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Señorita Curaçao (In Papiamento: Señorita Kòrsou) is a national beauty pageant in Curaçao. This pageant is unrelated to the Miss Curaçao or Miss International...
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