Aruba

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɹuː.bə/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːbə

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

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

Further reading

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

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.

singular
nominative Arūba
genitive Arūbae
dative Arūbae
accusative Arūbam
ablative Arūbā
vocative Arūba
locative Arūbae

Norman

Proper noun

Aruba

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑɾʉːbɑ/

Proper noun

Aruba

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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.)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɾu.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɾu.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɾu.bɐ/ [ɐˈɾu.βɐ]

Proper noun

Aruba f

  1. 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)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾuba/ [aˈɾu.β̞a]
  • Audio (Spain):(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

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Aruba n (genitive Arubas)

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