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Papiamento

Papiamento proper noun: a Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.

Proper noun

Papiamento

  1. A Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.

Forms of Papiamento

alternative formPapiamentu

Origin of Papiamento

From Papiamentu Papiamento. Compare Portuguese papeamento (“chatter”). This spelling is used in Aruba, while the spelling Papiamentu is used in Bonaire and Curaçao.

Questions about Papiamento

What does Papiamento mean?
Papiamento means a Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.
What part of speech is Papiamento?
Papiamento is a proper noun.

Words near Papiamento in the dictionary

  1. Paphlagonia
  2. Paphlagonian
  3. Paphlagonians
  4. Paphos
  5. PAPI
  6. Papiamento
  7. Papiaments
  8. Papiamentu
  9. papicide
  10. papicides
  11. papier collé

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