Caracas

See also: caraças and caracas

English

Etymology

From Spanish Caracas. Named after the Caraca tribe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑːkəs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Caracas

  1. The capital city of Venezuela.
  • Caracasian (rare)

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Caracas m

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkarakas]

Proper noun

Caracas m inan (relational adjective caracaský)

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Declension

Declension of Caracas (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Caracas
genitive Caracasu
dative Caracasu
accusative Caracas
vocative Caracase
locative Caracasu
instrumental Caracasem

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Caracas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈra.kas/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -akas
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas n (indeclinable)

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Derived terms

adjective
  • karakaski
nouns
  • karakaska
  • karakaszczyk

Further reading

  • Caracas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾa.kɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈɾa.kɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾa.kas/

  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas ?

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkarakas]

Proper noun

Caracas m inan (genitive singular Caracasu)

  1. Caracas (the capital of Venezuela)

References

  • “Caracas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾakas/ [kaˈɾa.kas]
  • Rhymes: -akas
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ra‧cas

Proper noun

Caracas ?

  1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)
    • 2021 November 20, Ana Cucalón, “Venezuela logra récord Guinness con la orquesta más grande del mundo”, in CNN en Español‎[1]:
      La interpretación de la marcha eslava realizada el sábado 13 de noviembre en el patio de honor de la academia militar de Caracas ganó el récord Guinness cómo la orquesta más grande del mundo al superar los 8.097 músicos tocando de forma simultánea por más de 5 minutos.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • → Paraujano: Karaaka
  • →⇒ Ye'kwana: Kadakanña

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