Cuban Revolution
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4.1
- proper noun
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Revolución Cubana
- In 1959, the Cuban Revolution successfully overthrew the Batista regime, establishing a new socialist state.
- the Cuban Revolution of 1959
She wouldn't be an apologist for that or, you know, I mean, she got to see the Cuban Revolution playing itself out, right?
- She wouldn't be an apologist for that or, you know, I mean, she got to see the Cuban Revolution playing itself out, right?
Examples
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She wouldn't be an apologist for that or, you know, I mean, she got to see the Cuban Revolution playing itself out, right?
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For the United States, the Cuban revolution was both unexpected and incomprehensible.
Academic text (1994) -
And this is also, am I correct that this is like a year after the whole Cuban Revolution went down, something like that?
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Reading these two books is vital for students and teachers who want to understand the modern Cuban revolution.
Academic text (1998) -
Signs of change first came with the Cuban Revolution of 1958-59.
Academic text (1997) -
After the Cuban Revolution, the association between anti-Communism and affiliation to the West was reinforced.
Academic text (1993) -
During those years, the ideological orientations of several critical social sciences were influenced by the Cuban Revolution.
Academic text (1994) -
In this regard, the ideology of the nineteenth-century novel and that of the 1959 Cuban Revolution prove a happy match, as each advocates an end to the most pressing social injustices of the moment.
Academic text (2017) -
The Cuban Revolution led to significant changes in Cuba's government and society.
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Many historians consider the Cuban Revolution a pivotal moment in the Cold War era.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'Cuban' specifies the location/people and 'revolution' denotes an overthrow or major political change, so a learner knowing both words can infer it refers to a revolution in Cuba (even if they wouldn't know specific dates or leaders). The adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English noun-modification, making the expression transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Cuban Revolution names the event when people led by Fidel Castro rose up in Cuba from 1956 to 1959 to 'overthrow' the government and start a very different government. The word Cuban shows the place and revolution means a sudden, big change by the people, so the name describes that overthrow and new government.