Aruba

A ru ba |əˈro͞obə əˈrubə | an island in the Caribbean Sea, close to the Venezuelan coast; pop. 103,100 (est. 2009 ); capital, Oranjestad. Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, it separated in 1986 to become a self-governing territory of the Netherlands.

Aruba

Aruba |əˈruːbə | an island in the Caribbean Sea, close to the Venezuelan coast; pop. 103,100 (est. 2009 ); capital, Oranjestad. Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, it separated from that group in 1986 to become a self-governing territory of the Netherlands.