Cuba

Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

• enPR: kyo͞oʹ-bə, IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːbə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ˈkjʉː.bə]
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): [ˈkjuː.bə]

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• Rhymes: -uːbə
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Cuba

1. A country, and the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.
2. A locale in the United States; named for the island country.
   1. A town in Sumter County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
   3. A city in Fulton County, Illinois.
   4. A township in Lake County, Illinois.
   5. An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana.
   6. An unincorporated community in Montgomery Township, Owen County, Indiana.
   7. A minor city in Republic County, Kansas.
   8. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky.
   9. A township in Becker County, Minnesota.
   10. A ghost town in Becker County, Minnesota.
   11. A city in Crawford County, Missouri.
   12. A ghost town in Lafayette County, Missouri.
   13. A village in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
   14. A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York.
   15. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota.
   16. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
   17. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
   18. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
   19. A former settlement in Lassen County, California.
   20. A former settlement in Merced County, California.
3. A surname.

• Santiago de Cuba
• Cuban
• Cubamerican

• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America

From Portuguese Cuba, possibly of Arabic origin.

Cuba

1. A village in Beja district, Portugal.

• ubac

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Cu‧ba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/, [ˈku.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cubanu

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈku.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈku.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈku.ba]

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Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cubà

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
2. a surname

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country in North America)

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF.

• Rhymes: -uːba

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.baː/

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• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Cuba n

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean) [from late 16th c.]

• Cubaan

• Cubaans

• Afrikaans: Kuba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• IPA^(key): /ky.ba/

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Cuba m

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• (countries of North America) pays de l'Amérique du Nord; Antigua-et-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbade, Canada, Cuba, Dominique, États-Unis, Grenade, Haïti, Jamaïque, Mexique, République dominicaine, Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès, Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines, Sainte-Lucie, Trinité-et-Tobago ^{(Category: fr:Countries in North America)}

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cubano

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/
• Rhymes: -uba
• Hyphenation: Cù‧ba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cubano

• buca

From cubō (“I lie down”).

Cuba f sg (genitive Cubae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess who protects the lying down of children

First-declension noun, singular only.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.ba/, [ˈkuːbä] or IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/, [ˈkʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/, [ˈkuːbä]
• Note: length of the vowel uncertain: New Latin borrowing of uncertain etymology with varying length treatment in modern languages.

Cū̆ba f sg (genitive Cū̆bae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Cuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

(Urban East Norwegian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʉ̀ːbɑ/

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cubaner, kubaner
• cubansk, kubansk

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cuban, kuban
• cubanar, kubanar
• cubansk, kubansk

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cuban

• Homophone: cuba
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

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Possibly from Arabic قُبَّة (qubba, “small tower”), or from cuba (“cask”).

Cuba f

1. A village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal

• cubense

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cubano

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Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• cuban, cubană
• cubanez, cubaneză

• Cuba in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a]
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• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Cu‧ba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

• → Tagalog: Kuba

• Kuba

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Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Cuba n (genitive Cubas)

1. Dated spelling of Kuba (“Cuba”).
   • 1899, John af Klercker, Cuba och dess frihetskamp: en kulturhistorisk studie: med 177 illustrationer och kartor [Cuba and its struggle for liberty: a cultural-historical study: with 177 illustrations and maps]‎, C.& E. Gernandt: