Habanero named after Havana
Name
The habanero is named after the Cuban city of La Habana, known in English as Havana, because it used to feature heavily in trading there. (Despite the name, habaneros and other spicy-hot ingredients are rarely ever used in traditional Cuban cooking.) In English, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled  habañero and pronounced , the tilde being added as a hyperforeignism patterned after jalapeño.
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