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Curaçao (other)
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Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean Sea which is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Curaçao may also refer to: * Curaçao and Dependencies/Territory Curaçao, the name of the Dutch possession comprising Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten. * Curaçao (liqueur), a liqueur from the island Curaçao * Curacao (retail store) an American retailer (formerly La Curacao) * La Curacao, a Salvadoran retailer in Central America, part of Unicomer Group See also * Curacoa (other) * Curassow Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. They comprise the largest-bodied species of the cracid family. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of ''Crax'' ranges north to Mexico. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba, and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Curaçao was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as Island Territory of Curaçao ( nl, Eilandgebied Curaçao, links=no, pap, Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou, links=no), and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao. It includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). Curaçao has a population of 158,665 (January 2019 est.), with an area of ; its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao And Dependencies
The Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies ( nl, Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden; pap, Kolonia di Kòrsou i dependensianan) was a Dutch colony in the Caribbean Sea from 1815 until 1828 and from 1845 until 1954. Between 1936 and 1948, the area was officially known as the Territory of Curaçao (Dutch: '; Papiamento: '), and after 1948 as the Netherlands Antilles. With the proclamation of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 15 December 1954, the Netherlands Antilles attained equal status with the Netherlands proper and Suriname in the new Kingdom of the Netherlands. History Under the terms of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, the Netherlands regained control over its West Indies colonies, with the exception of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. In the newly established United Kingdom of the Netherlands, these colonies were organized in the following way until 1828: As a cost-reducing measure, the three colonies were merged into a single West Indies colony ruled from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao (liqueur)
Curaçao ( , ) is a liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the bitter orange laraha, a citrus fruit grown on the Dutch island of Curaçao. Curaçao can be sold in numerous forms, though the most common are the orange-hued dry Curaçao and blue Curaçao, which is dyed bright blue. History It is unknown who developed the first Curaçao liqueur and when. The Dutch West Indies Company took possession of Curaçao in 1634. The Bols distillery, founded in 1575 in Amsterdam, had shares in both the West and East India Companies to guarantee the access to spices required for their distilled drinks. According to the early nineteenth-century French culinary chronicler Alexandre Grimod de la Reynière, curaçao originated in Flanders, and proximity to the province of Holland gave distillers easy access to the necessary peels (since Curaçao was a Dutch colony at the time). Curaçao liqueur is traditionally made with the dried peels of the laraha (''Citrus'' × ''aurantium'' subsp. ''curras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curacao (retail Store)
Curacao (pronounced Koo-ra-sao), formerly La Curacao, is a large-format retail store chain and finance company with export, travel and money transfer services. Founded in 1978, Curacao is headquartered in Los Angeles with retail locations in California, Arizona and Nevada. Services Curacao serves a diverse array of customers. A large percentage of its credit card holders include Hispanic and Latino American consumers. Every store features English/Spanish-language advertisements and bilingual salesclerks. Curacao sells most of its merchandise on credit, and has opened accounts for over two million private label cardholders. The company's services also include Curacao Travel, Curacao Money Transfer, and Curacao Export. The company's mission is said to be to improve people’s lives by providing them access to products and services using Curacao’s proprietary credit while supporting the communities it serves. In 2002, the Curacao Foundation was established with programs focused on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicomer Group
Unicomer Group ( es, Grupo Unicomer), is a multinational retailing and consumer finance group headquartered in San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador with regional offices in Miami, Trinidad, Jamaica, Costa Rica. It operates several chains of retail brands in the consumer durables sector, specializing in furniture, audio & video, appliances, and electronics in Central America, the Caribbean, South America and United States. History The Unicomer Group was founded in 2000. In 2014, Unicomer Group obtained international credit ratings from Fitch Ratings and from Standard and Poors for its consolidated holding company, which at that time was named Regal Forest Holding Co. Ltd. 15 April 2015, Unicomer Group acquired the exclusive rights to the RadioShack brands, intellectual property and contracts of existing RadioShack franchisees throughout Central America, South America and the Caribbean. In February 2017, the Group's holding company changed its name to Grupo Unicomer Holding Co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curacoa (other)
Curacoa may refer to: Geography * Curacoa Island, Queensland, Australia * Curacoa volcano, Tonga Naval vessels Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Curacoa'': * , a 36-gun fifth-rate ship launched in 1809. She was reduced to 24 guns in 1831 and broken up in 1849 * , a wood-screw frigate launched in 1854, she was flagship of the Australia Station during the New Zealand Land Wars and was broken up in 1869 * , a screw corvette launched in 1878 and sold in 1904 * , a C-class light cruiser launched in 1917 and accidentally sunk by RMS ''Queen Mary'' in 1942 Other * "Curacoa", archaic form of the word "curaçao", especially in reference to liquor See also * Curaçao (other) * Curassow Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. They comprise the largest-bodied species of the cracid family. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of ''Crax'' ranges north to Mexico. ... * Kurakawa {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
