Caracas

See also: caraças and caracas

English

Etymology

From Spanish Caracas. Named after the Caraca tribe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹækəs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ækəs

Proper noun

Caracas

  1. The capital city of Venezuela.
  • Caracasian (rare)

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Caracas m

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkarakas]

Proper noun

Caracas m inan (relational adjective caracaský)

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Declension

Declension of Caracas (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Caracas
genitive Caracasu
dative Caracasu
accusative Caracas
vocative Caracase
locative Caracasu
instrumental Caracasem

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Caracas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈra.kas/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -akas
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas n (indeclinable)

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Derived terms

adjective
  • karakaski
nouns
  • karakaska
  • karakaszczyk

Further reading

  • Caracas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾa.kɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈɾa.kɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾa.kas/

  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas ?

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkarakas]

Proper noun

Caracas m inan (genitive singular Caracasu)

  1. Caracas (the capital of Venezuela)

References

  • “Caracas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾakas/ [kaˈɾa.kas]
  • Rhymes: -akas
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas ?

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Descendants

  • → Paraujano: Karaaka
  • →⇒ Ye'kwana: Kadakanña

Anagrams

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