Aruba

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹuː.bə/

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• Rhymes: -uːbə

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

• Arubian

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• Aruba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Barua, abura

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”).

• IPA^(key): /aːˈru.baː/, /aːˈry.baː/

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• Hyphenation: Aru‧ba

Aruba n

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

• Arubaans

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈruː.ba/, [äˈruːbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈru.ba/, [äˈruːbä]

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)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Aruba

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑɾʉːbɑ/

Aruba

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

Aruba

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

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

Aruba

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

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Aruba f

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

• arubano

Aruba f (Cyrillic spelling Аруба)

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾuba/ [aˈɾu.β̞a]

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• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: A‧ru‧ba

Aruba f

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

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Aruba n (genitive Arubas)

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

• arubansk (“Aruban”, adjective)
• aruban c (“Aruban male”)
• arubanska c (“Aruban female”)