Havana
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
(cigar): Havanna, Havannah (dated)
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish La Habana, from Habaguanex, the native American chief (Cacique) who controlled the area, from Taíno sabana ("savanna"), with the h perhaps being an anthroponymic inflection.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /həˈvænə/
Rhymes: -ænə
=== Proper noun ===
Havana
The capital city of Cuba.
A city, the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States.
A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.
==== Derived terms ====
Havanan
Havanese
Little Havana
==== Translations ====
=== Noun ===
Havana (plural Havanas)
A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.
==== Translations ====
=== References ===
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɦavana]
=== Proper noun ===
Havana f (relational adjective havanský, demonym Havaňan)
Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Havana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“Havana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“Havana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From a vernacular form of Russian Фофан (Fofan).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhɑʋɑnɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝ʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑʋɑnɑ
Syllabification(key): Ha‧va‧na
Hyphenation(key): Ha‧va‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Havana
a Finnish surname
==== Declension ====
==== Statistics ====
The surname Havana belongs to 175 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
=== References ===
== Lithuanian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Havana f
Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ, (Portugal) -ɐnɐ
Hyphenation: Ha‧va‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Havana f
Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɦavana/, [ˈɦaʋana]
Rhymes: -ana
Hyphenation: Ha‧va‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Havana f (genitive singular Havany, declension pattern of žena)
Havana (the capital of Cuba)
=== References ===
“Havana”, 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, 2003–2026