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Aruba.

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

5 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/aːˈru.baː//aːˈry.baː/
  1. Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

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”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.