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Aruba
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Arubą
English
Pronunciation
en /əˈɹuː.bə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Aruba.wav UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aruba.wav Southern England
en uːbə 3
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en Q21203en island/dependent territory/and/constituent country c/Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea.
en 1988 Kokomo w:The Beach Boys Still Cruisin' Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Derived terms
en ABC Islands
en Arubian
Translations
territory in the Caribbean
Afrikaans: af Aruba
Antillean Creole: gcf Awouba f
Arabic: ar أَرُوبَا f
Asturian: ast Aruba
Breton: br Aruba
Bulgarian: bg Аруба
Catalan: ca Aruba f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿魯巴 Ālǔba
Czech: cs Aruba f
Danish: da Aruba
Dutch: nl Aruba n
Esperanto: eo Arubo
Finnish: fi Aruba
French: fr Aruba f
Frisian:
North Frisian: frr Aruuba
West Frisian: fy Arûba n
Georgian: ka არუბა
German: de Aruba n
Greek: el Αρούμπα f
Hebrew: he אָרוּבָּה aruba
Hindi: hi अरूबा
Hungarian: hu Aruba
Interlingua: ia Aruba
Irish: ga Arúba m
Italian: it Aruba f
Japanese: ja アルバ Aruba
Korean: ko ^아루바
Latin: la Aruba f
Lithuanian: lt Arubà f
Macedonian: mk Ару́ба f
Malay: ms Aruba
Maltese: mt Aruba
Norman: nrf Aruba Jersey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Aruba
Nynorsk: nn Aruba
Occitan: oc Aruba f
Ojibwe: oj Awooba
Papiamentu: pap Aruba f
Polish: pl Aruba
Portuguese: pt Aruba f
Romanian: ro Aruba f
Russian: ru Ару́ба f
Scots: sco Aruba
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Аруба f
Latin: sh Aruba f
Spanish: es Aruba f
Swedish: sv Aruba
Thai: th อารูบา
Tigrinya: ti ኣሩባ
Turkish: tr Aruba
See also
Appendix:Countries of the world
Leeward Antilles
Further reading
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en Meitei Manipuri
Anagrams
en aabru Barua abura
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs
Pronunciation
cs uba 3
cs Aru ba
Proper noun
f arubský Aruban Arubanka
cs Aruba Q21203
Declension
f.sg
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
nl. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from es oro gold and the third-person singular preterite form of es haber to have ("there was gold"), a derivation from crb oruba well-placed or a compound of two crb - words, crb ora shell and crb oubao island.
Pronunciation
nl /aːˈru.baː/ /aːˈry.baː/
nl Nl-Aruba.ogg
nl Aru ba
Proper noun
n
nl Aruba Q21203
Derived terms
nl ABC-eilanden Arubaans
Latin
la:
Pronunciation
Arūba
Proper noun
Arūba<1.loc>
la New Latin la Aruba Q21203
Declension
Arūba<1.loc>
Lithuanian
lt:
Pronunciation
Arubà
Proper noun
f Arubà - arubiẽtis arubiẽtė 2
lt Aruba Q21203
Declension
Arub Arùb s
Further reading
lt https://www.vlkk.lt/aktualiausios-temos/svetimvardziai/valdu-ir-krastu-gyventoju-pavadinimai Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija lt Valdų ir kraštų gyventojų pavadinimai 2026-06-15
Norman
Proper noun
nrf Jersey nrf Aruba Q21203
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Pronunciation
nb /ɑɾʉːbɑ/
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Aruba Q21203
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Aruba Q21203
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Arawak pap tnq ora shell + tnq oubao island.
Pronunciation
pap
Proper noun
pap proper noun
pap Aruba Q21203
Portuguese
Etymology
pt
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
pt Aruba Q21203
Derived terms
pt arubano
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
f
sh Aruba Q21203
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Aruba.wav<a:Spain>>
Proper noun
f
es Aruba Q21203
Derived terms
es arubano
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Aruba.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Aruba Q21203
Related terms
sv arubansk adjective Aruban
sv aruban c Aruban male
sv arubanska c Aruban female