Aruba
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹuː.bə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːbə
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
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aruba f (related adjective arubský, demonym Aruban, female demonym Arubanka)
- Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)
Declension
Further reading
- “Aruba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈruː.ba/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈru.ba/,
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.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Arūba |
| Genitive | Arūbae |
| Dative | Arūbae |
| Accusative | Arūbam |
| Ablative | Arūbā |
| Vocative | Arūba |
| Locative | Arūbae |
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
From Arawak Taíno ora (“shell”) + oubao (“island”).
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
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Aruba n (genitive Arubas)
- Aruba (a dependent territory of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)