Definitions for cubaˈkyu bə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Cu•baˈkyu bə(n.)
an island of the Greater Antilles, in the West Indies, S of Florida.
Category: Geography (places)
a republic in the Caribbean, including this island and several nearby islands. 11,096,395; 44,206 sq. mi. (114,524 sq. km).
Category: Geography (places)
Ref: Cap.: Havana.
Cu′ban(adj.; n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Cuba, Republic of Cuba(noun)
a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
Cuba(noun)
the largest island in the West Indies
Wiktionary
Cuba(ProperNoun)
A country and the largest island in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Cuba.
Origin: Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao ("abundant fertile land") or coabana ("great place").
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Cuba
the largest of the West India Islands, 700 m. long and from 27 m. to 290 m. in breadth; belonged to Spain, but is now under the protection of the United States; is traversed from E. to W. by a range of mountains wooded to the summit; abounds in forests—ebony, cedar, mahogany, &c.; soil very fertile; exports sugar and tobacco; principal town, Havana.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Cuba
An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies, south of Florida. With the adjacent islands it forms the Republic of Cuba. Its capital is Havana. It was discovered by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and conquered by Spain in 1511. It has a varied history under Spain, Great Britain, and the United States but has been independent since 1902. The name Cuba is said to be an Indian name of unknown origin but the language that gave the name is extinct, so the etymology is a conjecture. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p302 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p132)
Translations for cuba
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- probeer ditAfrikaans
- مُحاوَلَهArabic
- опитBulgarian
- tentativaPortuguese (BR)
- pokusCzech
- der VersuchGerman
- forsøgDanish
- δοκιμή, απόπειρα LGreek
- intentoSpanish
- katseEstonian
- سعیFarsi
- yritysFinnish
- essaiFrench
- ניסויHebrew
- कोशिशHindi
- pokušajCroatian
- kísérletHungarian
- usahaIndonesian
- tilraunIcelandic
- prova, tentativoItalian
- 試みJapanese
- 시도Korean
- bandymas, mėginimasLithuanian
- mēģinājumsLatvian
- cubaMalay
- een poging (wagen)Dutch
- forsøkNorwegian
- próba, `podejście`Polish
- سعیPersian
- هڅهPashto
- tentativaPortuguese
- încercareRomanian
- попыткаRussian
- pokusSlovak
- poskusSlovenian
- pokušajSerbian
- försökSwedish
- ความพยายามThai
- deneme, girişimTurkish
- 嘗試Chinese (Trad.)
- спробаUkrainian
- کوششUrdu
- lượt chơiVietnamese
- 试一下Chinese (Simp.)
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