Cuba

See also: cuba, cúba, cubà, Cúba, and čuba

English

Etymology

Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: kyo͞oʹ-bə, IPA(key): /ˈkjuːbə/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈkjʉː.bə]
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): [ˈkjuː.bə]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːbə
  • Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. A country and the largest island in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Cuba.
  2. A town in Alabama.
  3. A city in Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana, USA
  5. A city in Kansas.
  6. A city in Missouri.
  7. A village in New Mexico.
  8. A town and village in New York.
  9. A town in Portugal.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Proper noun

Cuba f

  1. Cuba

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cuba f

  1. Cuba

Derived terms

Cebuano

Noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba; a country and the largest island in the Caribbean
  2. a surname​

Classical Nahuatl

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba

References
  • Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF.

Danish

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba (country)

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Cuba n

  1. Cuba (country)

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ky.ba/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Cuba m

  1. Cuba (country)

Galician

Proper noun

Cuba f

  1. Cuba

Interlingua

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba (country)

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -uba

Proper noun

Cuba f

  1. Cuba

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From cubō (“I lie down”).

Proper noun

Cuba f (genitive Cubae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess who protects the lying down of children
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Cuba
Genitive Cubae
Dative Cubae
Accusative Cubam
Ablative Cubā
Vocative Cuba

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Cūba f (genitive Cūbae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Cuba
Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Cūba
Genitive Cūbae
Dative Cūbae
Accusative Cūbam
Ablative Cūbā
Vocative Cūba
Locative Cūbae

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba (country)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba

Occitan

Proper noun

Cuba f

  1. Cuba

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkuβɐ/
  • Audio (Portugal)(file)
  • Homophone: cuba

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Cuba f

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

Etymology 2

Possibly from Arabic قُبَّة‎ (qubba, “small tower”), or from cuba (“cask”).

Proper noun

Cuba f

  1. A village and municipality of Beja, Portugal.

Romanian

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba (country)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuba/, [ˈkuβa]
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

Proper noun

Cuba f

  1. Cuba

Swahili

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba

Swedish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Cuba

  1. Cuba
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