Cuba
pronunciation
How to pronounce Cuba in British English:
UK ['kju:bə]
How to pronounce Cuba in American English:
US ['kjubə]
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- Noun:
- a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba; involved in state-sponsored terrorism
- the largest island in the West Indies
Word Origin
- Cuba
- said to be from Taino (Arawakan) Cubanacan, the name of the people who occupied the island. Related: Cuban (1829), Cuban heel (1908); Cuban Missile Crisis (October 16-28, 1962).
Example
- 1. And he was blunt about cuba 's economic problems .
- 2. The boat today is in cuba ?
- 3. The broader economic embargo against cuba stands .
- 4. Cuba 's central bank may provide loans .
- 5. The other two are cuba and north korea .