Cuba
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- proper noun
- /ˈkuːbə/
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Cuba
- The government of Cuba announced new economic reforms this week.
- U.S. policy toward Cuba
- revolutionary Cuba
- trade with Cuba
Oswald tries to attempt to go to Cuba to deliver the cigar.
- Oswald tries to attempt to go to Cuba to deliver the cigar.
- Today Venezuela and Cuba are helping us.
- Hi everyone, it's Justin back from Cuba and with new hair.
- So we've got London, we've got Cuba, Cadiz and Mexico.
- That means that those ruins off of Cuba are part of Atlantis.
- troops to withdraw and leave Cuba in local hands.
- Did your did your parents come over from Cuba or both of them?
- But Kennedy goes, if we bomb Cuba, what do they do?
- And he sort of compared potential American communism to Cuba's communist regimes.
- And Joyce and I went down to Cuba as part of this.
- Yeah, she said, oh, man, I was in Cuba a couple of months ago.
- So we're going to do Cuba, Middle East, peace, North Korea, and of course, Iran.
Examples
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My first real vacay, first plane trip, I went to Cuba with my boyfriend.
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He defected from Cuba, wanted religious freedom.
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Did your did your parents come over from Cuba or both of them?
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And that once we made it to Cuba, we would fight.
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Oh, my God, are you from Cuba?
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Hi everyone, it's Justin back from Cuba and with new hair.
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Eighteen years old, from Cuba.
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I've got some books from Cuba that were sent to me by family members.
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Santeria has spread from a base in Cuba to many large North American cities.
Academic text (1990) -
Since 1982, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies have engaged in trade with Cuba valued at approximately $1.5 billion.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
A country in the Caribbean with a communist government
Compounds
A major 1898 naval battle where the United States fleet destroyed Spain's ships in the harbor
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cuba comes from a Taíno native Caribbean word such as coabana or Cubanacán, meaning 'where the land is fertile' or 'great place'. That's why the country's name reminds us that the island was known for rich land and people living there.