Curacao

Near Aruba, Bonaire

Curaçao is a Caribbean island and constituent country of the Netherlands, located off the coast of Venezuela.

The name also refers to a liqueur originally made there, flavored with the dried peel of bitter oranges: The cocktail calls for blue curaçao.

The liqueur comes in various colors, most famously an artificial bright blue.

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Opposites
geographic insularity

Curacaomainland

Principal connected territory

Venezuela · Caracas · Maracaibo · Colombia · continent

colonial heritage in the caribbean

CuracaoCuba

Caribbean island country

Puerto Rico · Jamaica · Martinique · Havana · Santo Domingo

LIQUEUR TYPE (for the beverage)

Curacaoamaretto

Stone-fruit Italian liqueur

Jägermeister · Baileys · crème de menthe · absinthe · bitter liqueur

Family

curacoa

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G