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Etymology 1

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Taíno cubaobor.?
Taíno coabanabor.?
Spanish Cubabor.
English Cuba

    Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

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    Cuba

    2. A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.
    3. A locale in the United States; named for the island country.
      1. A town in Sumter County, Alabama.
      2. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
      3. A city in Fulton County, Illinois.
      4. A township in Lake County, Illinois.
      5. An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana.
      6. An unincorporated community in Montgomery Township, Owen County, Indiana.
      7. A minor city in Republic County, Kansas.
      8. An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky.
      9. A township in Becker County, Minnesota.
      10. A ghost town in Becker County, Minnesota.
      11. A city in Crawford County, Missouri.
      12. A ghost town in Lafayette County, Missouri.
      13. A village in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
      14. A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York.
      15. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota.
      16. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
      17. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
      18. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
      19. A former settlement in Lassen County, California.
      20. A former settlement in Merced County, California.
    4. A surname.
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    • → Japanese: キューバ (Kyūba)
    • → Hawaiian: Kupa
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    countries in North America (appendix)edit

    Etymology 2

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    From Portuguese Cuba, possibly of Arabic origin.

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    Cuba

    1. A village in Beja district, Portugal.

    Etymology 3

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    Likely derived from Ibaloi.

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    Cuba

    1. A barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines.

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    Aragonese

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkuba/
    • Syllabification: Cu‧ba
    • Rhymes: -uba

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

    Asturian

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a]
    • Rhymes: -uba
    • Syllabification: Cu‧ba

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    Catalan

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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    Cebuano

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    Noun

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    Cuba

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
    2. a surname

    Central Nahuatl

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    Cuba

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

    Classical Nahuatl

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    Cuba

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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

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    Cuba

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

    Dutch

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    Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈky.baː/
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    • Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

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    Cuba n

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) [from late 16th c.]

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

    French

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    Cuba m

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    • Haitian Creole: Kiba

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    countries in North America: pays de l'Amérique du Nord (appendix)edit

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞ɐ]
    • Rhymes: -uba
    • Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    Proper noun

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    Cuba

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈku.ba/
    • Rhymes: -uba
    • Hyphenation: Cù‧ba

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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    Latin

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    Etymology 1

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    From cubō (“to lie down”).

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    Cuba f sg (genitive Cubae); first declension

    1. (Roman mythology) The goddess who protects the lying down of children
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    First-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Cuba
    genitive Cubae
    dative Cubae
    accusative Cubam
    ablative Cubā
    vocative Cuba

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    Cū̆ba f sg (genitive Cū̆bae); first declension

    1. (New Latin) Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Cū̆ba
    genitive Cū̆bae
    dative Cū̆bae
    accusative Cū̆bam
    ablative Cū̆bā
    vocative Cū̆ba
    locative Cū̆bae

    References

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    • “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.

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Cuba

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Cuba

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    Occitan

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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

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    Cuba f

    1. a village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal
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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    Romanian

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    Cuba f

    1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
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    Spanish

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

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      Cuba f

      1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
        Donde la Cuba de ayer se vive hoy.
        Where the Cuba of yesterday is lived today.

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      Cuba

      1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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      Cuba n (genitive Cubas)

      1. dated spelling of Kuba (“Cuba”)
        • 1899, John af Klercker, Cuba och dess frihetskamp: en kulturhistorisk studie: med 177 illustrationer och kartor [Cuba and its struggle for liberty: a cultural-historical study: with 177 illustrations and maps]‎[1], C.& E. Gernandt:
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