Curaçao

Dutch Caribbean island

Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

It also names a sweet liqueur originally made there from the dried peel of bitter oranges, traditionally blue but available in other colors: The cocktail calls for a splash of blue curaçao.

The liqueur sense is often lowercased.

island

Caribbean

Tropical Atlantic region

Bonaire · florin · autonomous · tropical · coastline · coral · beaches · tourism · port · refinery

liqueur

orange

Citrus with segments

Grand Marnier · citrus · peel · brandy · cocktail · Blue Lagoon · sweet · bitter · distilled · aperitif

color

blue

Primary color; also sad

aquamarine · vivid · bright · tropical · cyan · cerulean

Family

cure, curative

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G