Cuba
English
editEtymology 1
editDisputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: kyo͞oʹ-bə, IPA(key): /ˈkjuːbə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈkjʉː.bə]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): [ˈkjuː.bə]
- Rhymes: -uːbə
- Hyphenation: Cu‧ba
Proper noun
editCuba
- A country, and 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
editTranslations
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See also
edit- (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
Etymology 2
editFrom Portuguese Cuba, possibly of Arabic origin.
Proper noun
editCuba
Anagrams
editAragonese
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCuba f
Asturian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCuba f
Related terms
editCatalan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈku.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈku.bə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈku.ba]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Proper noun
editCuba f
Derived terms
editCebuano
editNoun
editCuba
Central Nahuatl
editProper noun
editCuba
- Cuba (a country in North America)
Classical Nahuatl
editProper noun
editCuba
References
edit- Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2000) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF.
Danish
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -uːba
Proper noun
editCuba
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCuba n
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: Kuba
Extremaduran
editProper noun
editCuba f
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCuba m
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Haitian Creole: Kiba
See also
edit- (countries of North America) pays de l'Amérique du Nord; Antigua-et-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbade, Canada, Cuba, Dominique, États-Unis, Grenade, Haïti, Jamaïque, Mexique, République dominicaine, Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès, Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines, Sainte-Lucie, Trinité-et-Tobago (Category: fr:Countries in North America)
Galician
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCuba f
Related terms
editInterlingua
editProper noun
editCuba
Italian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCuba f
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editLatin
editEtymology 1
editFrom cubō (“I lie down”).
Proper noun
editCuba f sg (genitive Cubae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cuba |
Genitive | Cubae |
Dative | Cubae |
Accusative | Cubam |
Ablative | Cubā |
Vocative | Cuba |
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.ba/, [ˈkuːbä] or IPA(key): /ˈku.ba/, [ˈkʊbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ba/, [ˈkuːbä]
- Note: length of the vowel uncertain: New Latin borrowing of uncertain etymology with varying length treatment in modern languages.
Proper noun
editCū̆ba f sg (genitive Cū̆bae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cū̆ba |
Genitive | Cū̆bae |
Dative | Cū̆bae |
Accusative | Cū̆bam |
Ablative | Cū̆bā |
Vocative | Cū̆ba |
Locative | Cū̆bae |
References
edit- “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.
Mirandese
editProper noun
editCuba f
Norwegian Bokmål
editPronunciation
edit(Urban East Norwegian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰʉ̀ːbɑ/
Proper noun
editCuba
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editCuba
Related terms
editOccitan
editProper noun
editCuba f
Related terms
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Etymology 1
editPossibly from Arabic قُبَّة (qubba, “small tower”), or from cuba (“cask”).
Proper noun
editCuba f
- A village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editProper noun
editCuba f
Related terms
editRomanian
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editCuba f
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- Cuba in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
editEtymology
editDisputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a]
Audio (Latin America): (file) - Rhymes: -uba
- Syllabification: Cu‧ba
Proper noun
editCuba f
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Tagalog: Kuba
Swahili
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCuba
Swedish
editProper noun
editCuba n (genitive Cubas)
- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms derived from Taíno
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/uːbə
- Rhymes:English/uːbə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cuba
- en:Countries
- en:Islands
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Alabama, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Alabama, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Georgia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Cities in Illinois, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Townships
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Cities in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Ghost towns in Minnesota, USA
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Ghost towns in Missouri, USA
- en:Villages in New Mexico, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in New Mexico, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Villages in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Places in North Dakota, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Historical settlements
- en:Places in California, USA
- English surnames
- en:Countries in North America
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Arabic
- en:Villages in Portugal
- en:Places in Portugal
- Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Aragonese/uba
- Rhymes:Aragonese/uba/2 syllables
- Aragonese lemmas
- Aragonese proper nouns
- Aragonese feminine nouns
- an:Cuba
- an:Islands
- an:Countries in North America
- an:Countries
- Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Asturian/uba
- Rhymes:Asturian/uba/2 syllables
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian proper nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
- ast:Cuba
- ast:Islands
- ast:Countries in North America
- ast:Countries
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Cuba
- ca:Islands
- ca:Countries in North America
- ca:Countries
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano terms spelled with C
- ceb:Cuba
- ceb:Islands
- ceb:Countries in North America
- ceb:Countries
- Cebuano surnames
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Cuba
- nhn:Countries in North America
- nhn:Countries
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl proper nouns
- nci:Cuba
- nci:Islands
- nci:Countries in North America
- nci:Countries
- Rhymes:Danish/uːba
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- da:Cuba
- da:Islands
- da:Countries in North America
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms borrowed from Spanish
- Dutch terms derived from Spanish
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Cuba
- nl:Islands
- nl:Countries in North America
- nl:Countries
- Extremaduran lemmas
- Extremaduran proper nouns
- Extremaduran feminine nouns
- ext:Cuba
- ext:Islands
- ext:Countries in North America
- ext:Countries
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Cuba
- fr:Islands
- fr:Countries in North America
- fr:Countries
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Galician/uba
- Rhymes:Galician/uba/2 syllables
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- gl:Cuba
- gl:Islands
- gl:Countries in North America
- gl:Countries
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua proper nouns
- ia:Cuba
- ia:Islands
- ia:Countries in North America
- ia:Countries
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/uba
- Rhymes:Italian/uba/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Cuba
- it:Islands
- it:Countries in North America
- it:Countries
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Roman deities
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- New Latin
- la:Cuba
- la:Islands
- la:Countries in North America
- la:Countries
- Mirandese lemmas
- Mirandese proper nouns
- Mirandese feminine nouns
- mwl:Cuba
- mwl:Islands
- mwl:Countries in North America
- mwl:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- nb:Cuba
- nb:Islands
- nb:Countries in North America
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- nn:Cuba
- nn:Islands
- nn:Countries in North America
- nn:Countries
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan proper nouns
- Occitan feminine nouns
- oc:Cuba
- oc:Islands
- oc:Countries in North America
- oc:Countries
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese terms with audio links
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Villages in Portugal
- pt:Municipalities of Portugal
- pt:Places in Portugal
- pt:Cuba
- pt:Islands
- pt:Countries in North America
- pt:Countries
- Romanian terms with audio links
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
- ro:Cuba
- ro:Islands
- ro:Countries in North America
- ro:Countries
- Spanish terms with unknown etymologies
- Spanish terms derived from Taíno
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/uba
- Rhymes:Spanish/uba/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Cuba
- es:Islands
- es:Countries in North America
- es:Countries
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Cuba
- sw:Islands
- sw:Countries in North America
- sw:Countries
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish dated forms