Havana
See also: havana
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish La Habana, from Habaguanex, the native American chief (Cacique) who controlled the area, from Taíno sabana ("savanna"), with the h perhaps being an anthroponymic inflection.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /həˈvænə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ænə
Proper noun
Havana
- The capital city of Cuba.
- A city, the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States.
- A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
capital city of Cuba
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Noun
Havana (plural Havanas)
- A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Having indicated an arm-chair to me and placed my refreshment near it, he handed me a long, smooth Havana.
Translations
cigar
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References
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦavana]
Proper noun
Havana f (relational adjective havanský, demonym Havaňan)
- Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
Declension
Declension of Havana (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
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| nominative | Havana |
| genitive | Havany |
| dative | Havaně |
| accusative | Havanu |
| vocative | Havano |
| locative | Havaně |
| instrumental | Havanou |
Further reading
- “Havana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Havana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Havana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Finnish
Etymology
From a vernacular form of Russian Фофан (Fofan).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑʋɑnɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝ʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ha‧va‧na
- Hyphenation(key): Ha‧va‧na
Proper noun
Havana
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Havana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Havana | Havanat | |
| genitive | Havanan | Havanoiden Havanoitten | |
| partitive | Havanaa | Havanoita | |
| illative | Havanaan | Havanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Havana | Havanat | |
| accusative | nom. | Havana | Havanat |
| gen. | Havanan | ||
| genitive | Havanan | Havanoiden Havanoitten Havanain rare | |
| partitive | Havanaa | Havanoita | |
| inessive | Havanassa | Havanoissa | |
| elative | Havanasta | Havanoista | |
| illative | Havanaan | Havanoihin | |
| adessive | Havanalla | Havanoilla | |
| ablative | Havanalta | Havanoilta | |
| allative | Havanalle | Havanoille | |
| essive | Havanana | Havanoina | |
| translative | Havanaksi | Havanoiksi | |
| abessive | Havanatta | Havanoitta | |
| instructive | — | Havanoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Havana is the 4248th (tied with 17 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 176 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Havana f
- Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈvɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈvɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈvɐ.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈba.nɐ/ [ɐˈβa.nɐ]
Proper noun
Havana f
- Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦavana]
Proper noun
Havana f (genitive singular Havany, declension pattern of žena)
References
- “Havana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025