Aruba
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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aruba
- 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
- A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Derived terms
Translations
territory in the Caribbean
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Further reading
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Czech
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aruba f (relational adjective arubský, demonym Aruban, female demonym Arubanka)
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | Aruba |
genitive | Aruby |
dative | Arubě |
accusative | Arubu |
vocative | Arubo |
locative | Arubě |
instrumental | Arubou |
Declension of Aruba (sg-only hard feminine)
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
Proper noun
Aruba n
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Derived terms
- Arubaans
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈruː.ba/, [äˈruːbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈru.ba/, [äˈruːbä]
Proper noun
Arūba f sg (genitive Arūbae); first declension
- (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.
Norman
Proper noun
Aruba
- (Jersey) Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aruba
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Aruba
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Papiamentu
Etymology
Proper noun
Aruba
- 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.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aruba f
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Aruba f (Cyrillic spelling Аруба)
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aruba f
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Aruba n (genitive Arubas)
- Aruba (a dependent territory of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
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