Cuba

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

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

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːbə
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Cuba

2. A country, 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.

• Santiago de Cuba
• Cuban
• Cubamerican

• → Japanese: キューバ (Kyūba)
• → Hawaiian: Kupa

From Portuguese Cuba, possibly of Arabic origin.

Cuba

1. A village in Beja district, Portugal.

Likely derived from Ibaloi.

Cuba

1. A barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines.

• ubac

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

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cubanu

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

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cubà

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
2. a surname

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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

• Rhymes: -uːba

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.baː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

Cuba n

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean) [from late 16th c.]

• Cubaan

• Cubaans

• Afrikaans: Kuba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• IPA^(key): /ky.ba/

• Audio:

  (file)

Cuba m

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cubain
• Cubain

• Haitian Creole: Kiba

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

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cubano

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cubano

• buca

From cubō (“I lie down”).

Cuba f sg (genitive Cubae); first declension

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkuː.ba], [ˈkʊ.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkuː.ba]
• Note: length of the vowel uncertain: New Latin borrowing of uncertain etymology with varying length treatment in modern languages.

Cū̆ba f sg (genitive Cū̆bae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “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.

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• (Standard East Norwegian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʉ̀ːbɑ/

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cubaner, kubaner
• cubansk, kubansk

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cuban

• Rhymes: -ubɐ
• Homophone: cuba
• Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

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

Cuba f

1. a village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal

• cubense

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cubano

• Audio:

  (file)

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• cuban, cubană
• cubanez, cubaneză

• “Cuba”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Cu‧ba

Cuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

• → Tagalog: Kuba

• Kuba

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Cuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

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: