Kuba

See also: kuba, Kúba, kubā, and Küba

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Cuba, from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈky.ba/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Kuba

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

Further reading

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Kuba

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

Further reading

Basque

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /kuba/ [ku.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

Kuba inan

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • kubatar (Cuban)

Further reading

Breton

Proper noun

Kuba

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

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkuba]

Proper noun

Kuba f (related adjective kubánský, demonym Kubánec, female demonym Kubánka)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean; capital: Havana)
Declension

Proper noun

Kuba m anim

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub
Declension

Further reading

  • Kuba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Kuba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Kuba in Internetová jazyková příručka

Faroese

Proper noun

Kuba f or n

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

Further reading

Gagauz

Proper noun

Kuba

  1. Cuba (a country in the Caribbean)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːba/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Kuba n (proper noun, genitive Kubas or (optionally with an article) Kuba)

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

Further reading

  • Kuba on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • Kuba” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkubɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba
  • Rhymes: -bɒ

Proper noun

Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean; official name: Republic of Cuba)
    Synonym: (official name) Kubai Köztársaság

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Kuba
accusative Kubát
dative Kubának
instrumental Kubával
causal-final Kubáért
translative Kubává
terminative Kubáig
essive-formal Kubaként
essive-modal
inessive Kubában
superessive Kubán
adessive Kubánál
illative Kubába
sublative Kubára
allative Kubához
elative Kubából
delative Kubáról
ablative Kubától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Kubáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Kubáéi
Possessive forms of Kuba
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Kubám
2nd person sing. Kubád
3rd person sing. Kubája
1st person plural Kubánk
2nd person plural Kubátok
3rd person plural Kubájuk

Derived terms

Further reading

Latgalian

Proper noun

Kuba f

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

Further reading

Latvian

Kuba
Kubas karogs

Proper noun

Kuba f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Synonyms

  • Kubas Republika
  • kubietis, kubiete

Further reading

Lithuanian

Kuba

Proper noun

Kuba f

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

Declension

  • kubietis m, kubietė f

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From German Kuba, from Spanish Cuba; disputed, but likely from Taíno cubao (abundant fertile land) or coabana (great place).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuba/

Proper noun

Kuba f inan

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

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.ba/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

Proper noun

Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
nouns

Proper noun

Kuba m pers (diminutive Kubuś)

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub
Declension
Descendants
  • Vilamovian: Küba

Further reading

  • Kuba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Samogitian

Proper noun

Kuba f

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

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǔːba/
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

Kúba f (Cyrillic spelling Ку́ба)

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

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba; likely from Taíno [Term?].

Proper noun

Kuba f (genitive singular Kuby, declension pattern of žena)

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

References

  • Kuba”, 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, 2024

Proper noun

Kuba

  1. genitive of Kubo
  2. accusative of Kubo

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kúːba/

Proper noun

Kȗba f

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

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Kúba
genitive Kúbe
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Kúba
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Kúbe
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Kúbi
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Kúbo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Kúbi
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Kúbo

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Kuba

  1. Alternative spelling of Cuba

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʉːba/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Kuba n (genitive Kubas)

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.bɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

Kuba (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)

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

Tetum

Proper noun

Kuba

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

Turkmen

Proper noun

Kuba

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

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkuba]

Proper noun

Kuba f

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

Declension

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic Куба (Kuba)
Latin Kuba
Perso-Arabic

Proper noun

Kuba

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

Veps

Proper noun

Kuba

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

Yoruba

Kúbà

Etymology

From English Cuba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kú.bà/

Proper noun

Kúbà

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