Caracas

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

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑːkəs/, /kəˈɹækəs/

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Caracas

1. The capital city of Venezuela.
   • 2026 January 3, Ray Sanchez, “Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US met with celebrations in South Florida and apprehension in Caracas”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 January 2026:

     “I see a somewhat warlike atmosphere. Silence can say many things,” a driver from eastern Caracas told CNN, asking not to be identified for security reasons.

• cascara, Saccara

Caracas m

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarakas]

Caracas m inan (relational adjective caracaský)

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

• “Caracas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁa.kas/

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Caracas ?

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela).

   Synonym: (obsolete) Caraque

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʁa(ː)kas/, (often also) /ˈka(ː)ʁakas/

Caracas n (proper noun, genitive Caracas' or (with an article) Caracas)

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela).

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Caracas.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.kas/

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• Rhymes: -akas
• Syllabification: Ca‧ra‧cas

Caracas n (indeclinable)

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

• Caracas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: Ca‧ra‧cas

Caracas ?

1. Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)

• IPA^(key): /karakas/, [ˈkarakas]
• Rhymes: -akas
• Hyphenation: Ca‧ra‧cas

Caracas m inan (genitive singular Caracasu)

1. Caracas (the capital of Venezuela)

• “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, 2003–2026

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

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^[2], archived from the original on 26 November 2021:

     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.

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

• carcasa
• cáscara