# Cuba
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: kyo͞oʹ-bə, IPA: /ˈkjuːbə/
* (General Australian) IPA: [ˈkjʉː.bə]
* (UK, US) IPA: [ˈkjuː.bə]
* Audio (UK):(file)
** Audio (UK):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːbə
* Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

#### Proper noun

Cuba
* A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.
* A locale in the United States; named for the island country.
** A town in Sumter County, Alabama.
** An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
** A city in Fulton County, Illinois.
** A township in Lake County, Illinois.
** An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Allen County, Indiana.
** An unincorporated community in Montgomery Township, Owen County, Indiana.
** A minor city in Republic County, Kansas.
** An unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky.
** A township in Becker County, Minnesota.
** A ghost town in Becker County, Minnesota.
** A city in Crawford County, Missouri.
** A ghost town in Lafayette County, Missouri.
** A village in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
** A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York.
** A township in Barnes County, North Dakota.
** An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
** An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
** An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
** A former settlement in Lassen County, California.
** A former settlement in Merced County, California.
* A surname.

##### Derived terms

* Santiago de Cuba
* Cuban
* Cubamerican

##### Descendants

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

##### Translations
#### See also

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* 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
* A village in Beja district, Portugal.

### Etymology 3

Likely derived from Ibaloi.

#### Proper noun

Cuba
* A barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Balakbak, Beleng-Belis, Boklaoan, Cayapes, Cuba, Datakan, Gadang, Gasweling, Labueg, Paykek, Poblacion Central, Pongayan, Pudong, Sagubo, Taba-ao — barangays of Kapangan

### Anagrams

* ubac

## Aragonese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuba/
* Rhymes: -uba
* Syllabification: Cu‧ba

### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -uba
* Syllabification: Cu‧ba

### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* cubanu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈku.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈku.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈku.ba]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

#### Derived terms

* cubà

## Cebuano
### Noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
* a surname

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

## Classical Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

### References

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

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -uːba

### Proper noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈky.baː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Cubaan

#### Related terms

* Cubaans

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: Kuba

## Extremaduran
### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky.ba/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Cuba m
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* cubain
* Cubain

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: Kiba

### See also

* 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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞ɐ]
* Rhymes: -uba
* Hyphenation: Cu‧ba

### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* cubano

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku.ba/
* Rhymes: -uba
* Hyphenation: Cù‧ba

### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) 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
* (Roman mythology) The goddess who protects the lying down of children

##### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkuː.ba/, [ˈkuːbä] or IPA: /ˈku.ba/, [ˈkʊbä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /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
* (New Latin) Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

##### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

### 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
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

(Standard East Norwegian) IPA: /ˈkʰʉ̀ːbɑ/

### Proper noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* cubaner, kubaner
* cubansk, kubansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* cuban, kuban
* cubanar, kubanar
* cubansk, kubansk

## Occitan
### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

#### Related terms

* cuban

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈku.bɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈku.bɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈku.ba/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈku.bɐ/ [ˈku.βɐ]
* Rhymes: -ubɐ
* Homophone: cuba
* Hyphenation: Cu‧ba
* Audio (Portugal):(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Proper noun

Cuba f
* A village and municipality of Beja district, Portugal

##### Derived terms

* cubense

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

##### Related terms

* cubano

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) 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: /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.β̞a]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -uba
* Syllabification: Cu‧ba

### Proper noun

Cuba f
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) 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):(file)

### Proper noun

Cuba
* Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Cuba n (genitive Cubas)
* 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]‎, C.& E. Gernandt: