Cuban

Examples

• All

• And they had different views of which way Cuban literature should go.

  Harvard University

• Well, the answer is Cuban and Italian, so all right.

• So this is a Cuban restaurant, so should be pretty good.

• Behind him, in the dining room, a Cuban maid has set a place with breakfast.

  Fiction book (1992)

• This is Cuban roast pork and quite a choice.

• Between 1986 and 1989, the Cuban economy declined at an annual rate of 0.8 percent.

  Academic text (1990)

• El Dragon Rojo, a Cuban-Chinese restaurant which is neither.

  The Lost City (2005)

• The chef prepared a traditional Cuban dish that the guests loved.

• She enjoys listening to Cuban music at the festival.

• His Cuban heritage is a significant part of his identity.

Compounds

C

Cuban Revolution

3 4.1

A revolution in Cuba from 1956 to 1959 that overthrew the government and made it a socialist country

C

Cuban heel

1 7.2

A medium-height heel on shoes like boots, slightly tapered at the back

C

Cuban sandwich

1 1.8

A crusty roll filled with ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard pressed and served hot

C

Cuban peso

1 3.3

The money used in Cuba that equals 100 centavos

C

Cuban bast

• UK

9.9

A tree from Cuba and Jamaica with hairy leaves and orange flowers used for furniture and gunstocks

C

Cuban itch

• Archaic

9.9

A mild form of smallpox caused by a weaker virus

C

Cuban mahogany

• Specialized

8.2

A tree from the Caribbean with hard reddish-brown wood used for furniture

C

Cuban spinach

• Specialized

9.2

A soft leafy herb like spinach that people grow and eat as a salad or cooked green

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology