Cuban

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See also: cuban

English

Etymology

From Cuba +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Noun

Cuban (plural Cubans)

  1. A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.
    • 2004 February 5, Tere Figueras, Luisa Yanez, “Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea”, in The Miami Herald:
      Eleven Cubans in a vintage Buick — three of them the original “truckonauts” who tried a similar intrepid journey last year aboard a battered Chevy pickup — were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard early Wednesday and now face a return trip to the communist island.

Translations

Adjective

Cuban (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.
    • 2000 June 2, Adam Clymer, “THE ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE: THE POLITICS; While Conservatives and Liberals React, Gore and Bush Hedge on Ruling”, in The New York Times‎:
      Conservative Republicans who had demanded an investigation and hearings when Elian, the 6-year-old Cuban boy, was forceably taken from the house of his great-uncle on April 22 quickly retreated when it was clear the public supported the government action.

Derived terms

Translations

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Куба́нь (Kubánʹ).

Proper noun

Cuban m

  1. Kuban (a river in Russia)
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