Aruba

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English

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Proper noun

Aruba

  1. An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.
    • 1988, “Kokomo”, in Still Cruisin', performed by The Beach Boys:
      Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
  2. A Meitei surname from Manipuri

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Czech

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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaruba]
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: Aru‧ba

Proper noun

Aruba f (relational adjective arubský, demonym Aruban, female demonym Arubanka)

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Declension

More information singular, nominative ...
singular
nominative Aruba
genitive Aruby
dative Arubě
accusative Arubu
vocative Arubo
locative Arubě
instrumental Arubou
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Further reading

  • Aruba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from Spanish oro (gold) and the third-person singular preterite form of haber (to have) ("there was gold"), a derivation from Kalinago oruba (well-placed) or a compound of two Kalinago words, ora (shell) and oubao (island).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːˈru.baː/, /aːˈry.baː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Aru‧ba

Proper noun

Aruba n

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Derived terms

  • Arubaans

Latin

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arūba f sg (genitive Arūbae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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Norman

Proper noun

Aruba

  1. (Jersey) Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Aruba

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Aruba

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Arawak Taíno ora (shell) + oubao (island).

Proper noun

Aruba

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Proper noun

Aruba f

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Aruba f (Cyrillic spelling Аруба)

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾuba/ [aˈɾu.β̞a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Syllabification: A‧ru‧ba

Proper noun

Aruba f

  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aruba n (genitive Arubas)

  1. Aruba (a dependent territory of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

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