curaçoa

Variant of curaçao

curaçao definition

cu·ra·çao (kyo̵or′ə sō′, ko̵or′ə so̵u′)

noun

a liqueur made by flavoring distilled spirits with the dried peel of bitter oranges
also cu′·ra·çoa′ (-sō′)

Etymology: after the island of Curaçao, where orig. made

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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