Cuba

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish Cuba. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: kyo͞oʹ-bə, IPA(key): /ˈkjuːbə/ (Australian) IPA(key): [ˈkjʉː.bə] (UK, US) IPA(key): [ˈkjuː.bə] Rhymes: -uːbə Hyphenation: Cu‧ba ==== Proper noun ==== Cuba A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana. A locale in the United States; named for the island country. A town in Sumter County, Alabama. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia. A city in Fulton County, Illinois. A township in Lake County, Illinois. An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana. An unincorporated community in Montgomery Township, Owen County, Indiana. A minor city in Republic County, Kansas. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky. A township in Becker County, Minnesota. A ghost town in Becker County, Minnesota. A city in Crawford County, Missouri. A ghost town in Lafayette County, Missouri. A village in Sandoval County, New Mexico. A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia. A former settlement in Lassen County, California. A former settlement in Merced County, California. A surname. ===== Derived terms ===== Santiago de Cuba Cuban Cubamerican ===== Descendants ===== → Hawaiian: Kupa → Japanese: キューバ (Kyūba) → Malay: Cuba ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From Portuguese Cuba, possibly of Arabic origin. ==== Proper noun ==== Cuba A village in Beja district, Portugal. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Kankanaey Cuba. ==== Proper noun ==== Cuba A barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines. ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === ubac == Aragonese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ Syllabification: Cu‧ba Rhymes: -uba === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) == Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a] Rhymes: -uba Syllabification: Cu‧ba === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Related terms ==== cubanu == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈku.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈku.bə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈku.ba] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈku.βa] === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Derived terms ==== cubà == Cebuano == === Noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) a surname == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) == Classical Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) === References === Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. == Danish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uːba === Proper noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈky.baː/ Hyphenation: Cu‧ba === Proper noun === Cuba n Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) [from late 16th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== Cubaan ==== Related terms ==== Cubaans ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: Kuba == Extremaduran == === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ky.ba/ === Proper noun === Cuba m Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Related terms ==== cubain Cubain ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: Kiba === See also === == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞ɐ] Rhymes: -uba Hyphenation: Cu‧ba === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Related terms ==== cubano == Interlingua == === Proper noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈku.ba/ Rhymes: -uba Hyphenation: Cù‧ba === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Derived terms ==== cubano === Anagrams === buca == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From cubō (“to lie down”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊ.ba] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.ba] ==== Proper noun ==== Cuba f sg (genitive Cubae); first declension (Roman mythology) The goddess who protects the lying down of children ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, singular only. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish Cuba. ==== Pronunciation ==== (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.ba] Note: length of the vowel uncertain: New Latin borrowing of uncertain etymology with varying length treatment in modern languages. ==== Proper noun ==== Cū̆ba f sg (genitive Cū̆bae); first declension (New Latin) Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean; official name: Rēspūblica Cubana; capital: Havana) ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== === References === “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. == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Cuba, from Spanish Cuba === Pronunciation === (Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.ba] Rhymes: -uba (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈkubə/ [ˈku.bə] Rhymes: -ubə (Kedah) IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.ba] Rhymes: -uba Syllabification: Cu‧ba === Proper noun === Cuba (Jawi spelling کوبا) Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) === Noun === Cuba (Jawi spelling کوبا, plural Cuba-Cuba or Cuba2 or para Cuba) Cuban === Adjective === Cuba (Jawi spelling کوبا, comparative lebih Cuba, superlative paling Cuba) Cuban == Mirandese == === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === (Standard East Norwegian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰʉ̀ːbɑ/ === Proper noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Related terms ==== cubaner, kubaner cubansk, kubansk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Related terms ==== cuban, kuban cubanar, kubanar cubansk, kubansk == Occitan == === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Related terms ==== cuban == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ubɐ Homophone: cuba Hyphenation: Cu‧ba === Etymology 1 === Possibly from Arabic قُبَّة (qubba, “small tower”), or from cuba (“cask”). ==== Proper noun ==== Cuba f a village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal ===== Derived terms ===== cubense === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ===== Related terms ===== cubano == Romanian == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Related terms ==== cuban, cubană cubanez, cubaneză === Further reading === “Cuba”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a] Rhymes: -uba Syllabification: Cu‧ba === Proper noun === Cuba f Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: Cuba → English: Cuba→ Hawaiian: Kupa→ Japanese: キューバ (Kyūba)→ Malay: Cuba → Tagalog: Kuba ==== See also ==== == Swahili == === Alternative forms === Kuba === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Cuba Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) == Swedish == === Proper noun === Cuba n (genitive Cubas) dated spelling of Kuba (“Cuba”)