List of adjectivals and demonyms for Cuba

The following are the 15 provinces of Cuba, along with their demonym or adjective form. Per Spanish morphology, the collective plural is made by adding an -s to pluralize the masculine singular forms listed,

as in Cuba: cubano [masculine singular], cubana [feminine singular], (los) cubanos [masculine plural, "the Cubans"], and cubanas [feminine plural].

Province Demonym /adjective form
Pinar del Río pinareño/-a
Artemisa artemiseño/-a
La Habana habanero/-a
Mayabeque mayabequense
Matanzas matancero/-a
Cienfuegos cienfueguero/-a
Villa Clara villaclareño/-a
Sancti Spíritus espirituano/-a,

colloquial: yayabero/-a[1]

Ciego de Ávila avileño/-a
Camagüey camagüeyano/-a
Las Tunas tunero/-a
Granma granmense
Holguín holguinero/-a
Santiago de Cuba santiaguero/-a
Guantánamo guantanamero/-a

The majority of these provinces are named after their capital city, with the exception of:

Mayabeque (San José de las Lajas). ([lajero/-a] usually refers to a resident of Santa Isabel de las Lajas, as in the song of the same name by Benny Moré),

Villa Clara (Santa Clara, santaclareño/-a),

Granma (Bayamo, bayamés/-esa).

Other places in Cuba and their adjective forms or denonyms are Baracoa (baracoense), Moa (moense), Florida (floridano/-a), Palma Soriano (palmero/-a), Manzanillo (manzanillero/-a), Trinidad (trinitario/-a).

Miscellany:

La Bayamesa, the national anthem of Cuba, is the feminine singular demonym for Bayamo.

Granma province is named after the yacht called Granma, which landed in present-day Granma province after transporting 82 revolutionaries from Mexico in 1956.

Guantanamera ("woman from Guántanamo") is the name of the famous song by Joseíto Fernández.

"Habanera" is a name for L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, a famous aria from George Bizet's opera Carmen. Habanera can also refer to a dance style/rhythm, also referred to as contradanza. See also: Habanera (disambiguation).

Havanese is the national dog of Cuba, descended from the Blanquito de la Habana.[2]

Havanaise is a composition for violin and orchestra by Camille Saint-Saëns that features the habanera rhythm.[3]

The habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense) has no relation to Havana. The (mis)spelling "habañero" is a hyperforeignism modeled after jalapeño.

References

  1. ↑ "Llamarse yayabero Cubanet". Cubanet (in Spanish). 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Havanese Dog Breed Information, Pictures, Characteristics & Facts – Dogtime". Dogtime. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. ↑ "Havanaise, Op.83 (Saint-Saëns, Camille) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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