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Definitions for Cuba

[1] a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital : Havana.
[2] Cubba.
[3] a female day name for Wednesday. See under day name.
[4] (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) , Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) , Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) , Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) , Thursday (Quao and Abba) , Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) , and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba) .
[5] a republic and the largest island in the Caribbean, at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: became a Spanish colony after its discovery by Columbus in 1492; gained independence after the Spanish-American War of 1898 but remained subject to US influence until declared a people's republic under Castro in 1960; subject of an international crisis in 1962, when the US blockaded the island in order to compel the Soviet Union to dismantle its nuclear missile base. Sugar comprises about 80 per cent of total exports; the economy was badly affected by loss of trade following the collapse of the Soviet Union and by the continuing US trade embargo. Language: Spanish. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Havana. Pop: 11 061 886 (2013 est). Area: 110 922 sq km (42 827 sq miles)
[6] Western African a name indicating a person's day of birth

Other words from Cuba

Cu·ban , adjective, noun
pro-Cu·ban , adjective, noun