Cuba

See also: cuba, cúba, cubà, Cúba, and čuba

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kyo͞oʹ-bə, IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːbə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ˈkjʉː.bə]
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): [ˈkjuː.bə]

  • Audio (GB)

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• Rhymes: -uːbə
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Proper noun

Cuba

2. A country, and 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.

Derived terms

• Santiago de Cuba
• Cuban
• Cubamerican

Translations

country and largest island in Caribbean

• Abkhaz: Куба (Kʼuba)
• Adyghe: Куба (Kʷuba)
• Afrikaans: Kuba
• Albanian: Kubë f
• Amharic: ኩባ (kuba)
• Antillean Creole: Kiba
• Arabic: كُوبَا (ar) f (kūbā)
• Aragonese: Cuba f
• Armenian: Կուբա (hy) (Kuba)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܼܒܵܐ f (kuba)
• Asturian: Cuba (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Kuba (az)
• Bashkir: Куба (Kuba)
• Basque: Kuba (eu)
• Bavarian: Kuba n
• Belarusian: Ку́ба f (Kúba)
• Bengali: কিউবা (bn) (kiuba)
• Bhojpuri: 𑂍𑂹𑂨𑂳𑂥𑂰 (kyubā)
• Breton: Kuba (br)
• Bulgarian: Ку́ба f (Kúba)
• Burmese: က္ယူးဘား (ka.yu:bha:), ကျူးဘား (kyu:bha:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ку́ба f (Kúba)
• Catalan: Cuba (ca) f
• Chechen: Куба (Kuba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古巴 (zh) (Gǔbā)

• Chuvash: Куба (Kuba)
• Czech: Kuba (cs) f
• Danish: Cuba n
• Dhivehi: ކިއުބާ (kiubā)
• Dutch: Cuba (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kubo (eo)
• Estonian: Kuuba (et)
• Extremaduran: Cuba
• Faroese: Kuba f or n
• Finnish: Kuuba (fi)
• French: Cuba (fr) m or f
• Friulian: Cube f
• Galician: Cuba (gl) f
• Georgian: კუბა (ḳuba)
• German: Kuba (de) n
• Greek: Κούβα (el) f (Koúva)
• Gujarati: ક્યુબા (kyubā)
• Haitian Creole: Kiba
• Hebrew: קוּבָּה (he) f (kúba)
• Hindi: क्यूबा (hi) m (kyūbā)
• Hungarian: Kuba (hu)
• Icelandic: Kúba (is) f
• Indonesian: Kuba (id)
• Ingush: Куба (Kuba)
• Interlingua: Cuba
• Irish: Cúba m
• Italian: Cuba (it) f
• Japanese: キューバ (ja) (Kyūba) (玖馬 (ja) (Kyūba) (obsolete))
• Kabardian: Куба (Kʷuba)
• Kalenjin: Kiuba
• Kamba: Kiuba
• Kannada: ಕ್ಯೂಬಾ (kyūbā)
• Kazakh: Куба (kk) (Kuba)
• Khmer: គុយបា (km) (kuybaa)
• Kikuyu: Kiuba
• Komi-Zyrian: Куба (Kuba)
• Korean: 쿠바 (ko) (Kuba), 꾸바 (ko) (Kkuba) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Куба (ky) (Kuba)
• Lao: ກູຍບາ (kū nya bā), ກຸບາ (ku bā), ກູບາ (kū bā)
• Latgalian: Kuba
• Latvian: Kuba f
• Lezgi: Куба (Kuba)
• Limbu: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: Kuba (lt) f
• Luhya: Kiuba
• Luo: Kiuba
• Macedonian: Куба (mk) f (Kuba)
• Magahi: 𑂍𑂹𑂨𑂳𑂥𑂰 (kyubā)
• Maithili: किउबा (kiubā)
• Malay: Cuba (ms)
• Malayalam: ക്യൂബ (kyūba)
• Maltese: il-Kuba
• Maori: Kiupa
• Marathi: क्युबा (kyubā)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Куба (Kuba)

  Western Mari: Куба (Kuba)

• Meru: Kiuba
• Mirandese: Cuba f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Куба (mn) (Kuba)

• Navajo: Naakaii Nátʼohí Bikéyah
• Nepali: क्युबा (kyubā)
• Norman: Cuba m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Cuba (no) n

  Nynorsk: Cuba (nn) n

• Occitan: Cuba (oc) f
• Odia: କ୍ୟୁବା (kyuba)
• Oromo: Kuubaa
• Ossetian: Кубӕ (Kubæ)
• Pashto: کوبا f (kubā)
• Persian: کوبا (fa) (kubâ)
• Polish: Kuba (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cuba (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕਿਊਬਾ (kiūbā)
• Romanian: Cuba (ro) f
• Russian: Ку́ба (ru) f (Kúba)
• Samogitian: Kuba
• Sanskrit: क्यूबा (kyūbā)
• Santali: ᱠᱤᱣᱵᱟ (kivba)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cùba m, Ciùba m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ку́ба f

  Roman: Kúba (sh) f

• Shan: ၵူးပႃး (kúu páa)
• Sicilian: Cubba f
• Sinhalese: කියුබාව (kiyubāwa)
• Slovak: Kuba (sk) f
• Slovene: Kúba (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Kuba f

  Upper Sorbian: Kuba f

• Spanish: Cuba (es) f
• Swahili: Cuba (sw), Kuba (sw)
• Swedish: Kuba (sv) n
• Sylheti: ꠇꠤꠃꠛꠣ (kiuba)
• Tagalog: Kuba
• Tajik: Куба (tg) (Kuba)
• Tamil: கூபா (kūpā)
• Tatar: Куба (Quba)
• Telugu: క్యూబా (te) (kyūbā)
• Tetum: Kuba
• Thai: คิวบา (th) (kiu-baa)
• Tibetan: ཀུ་བ (ku ba)
• Turkish: Küba (tr)
• Turkmen: Kuba
• Udmurt: Куба (Kuba)
• Ukrainian: Ку́ба (uk) f (Kúba)
• Urdu: کیوبا m (kyūbā)
• Uyghur: كۇبا (kuba)
• Uzbek: Kuba (uz)
• Veps: Kuba
• Vietnamese: Cu-ba, Quy Ba (vi) (obsolete))
• Võro: Kuuba
• Yakut: Куба (Kuba)
• Yiddish: קובאַ (kuba)
• Yoruba: Kúbà

a village in New Mexico

• Navajo: Naʼazísí Toʼí

See also

• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America

Etymology 2

From Portuguese Cuba, possibly of Arabic origin.

Proper noun

Cuba

1. A village in Beja district, Portugal.

Anagrams

• ubac

Aragonese

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cubanu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈku.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈku.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈku.ba]

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Derived terms

• cubà

Cebuano

Noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
2. a surname

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country in North America)

Classical Nahuatl

Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

References

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

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːba

Proper noun

Cuba

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.baː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Proper noun

Cuba n

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean) [from late 16th c.]

Derived terms

• Cubaan

Related terms

• Cubaans

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Kuba

Extremaduran

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.ba/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Cuba m

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cubano

Interlingua

Proper noun

Cuba

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Derived terms

• cubano

Anagrams

• buca

Latin

Etymology 1

From cubō (“I lie down”).

Proper noun

Cuba f sg (genitive Cubae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess who protects the lying down of children

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cuba
Genitive	Cubae
Dative	Cubae
Accusative	Cubam
Ablative	Cubā
Vocative	Cuba

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

Cū̆ba f sg (genitive Cū̆bae); first declension

2. (New Latin) Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cū̆ba
Genitive	Cū̆bae
Dative	Cū̆bae
Accusative	Cū̆bam
Ablative	Cū̆bā
Vocative	Cū̆ba
Locative	Cū̆bae

References

• “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

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

(Urban East Norwegian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʉ̀ːbɑ/

Proper noun

Cuba

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cubaner, kubaner
• cubansk, kubansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Cuba

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cuban, kuban
• cubanar, kubanar
• cubansk, kubansk

Occitan

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cuban

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bɐ/ [ˈku.βɐ]

• Homophone: cuba
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

• Audio (Portugal)

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Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. A village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal

Derived terms

• cubense

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cubano

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cuban, cubană
• cubanez, cubaneză

Further reading

• Cuba in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cuba f

2. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Derived terms

• cubano
• disciplinaria de Cuba
• más se perdió en Cuba
• verdolaga de Cuba

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Kuba

Swahili

Alternative forms

• Kuba

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Swedish

Proper noun

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: