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Cuban
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cuban
English
Etymology
en :af Cuba -an + 1
Pronunciation
kyo͞oʹ-bən, en /ˈkjuːbən/
en [ˈkjʉː.bən] AU
en [ˈkjuː.bən] UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cuban.wav Southern England
en [ˈkju.bən] US
en uːbən 2
en Cu ban
Noun
en Q1195125 A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.
en His mother was a Cuban, and his father was a Spaniard; they came to the United States in 1918.
en 05-02-2004 w:The Miami Herald Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea Tere Figueras; Luisa Yanez 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.
en Q108471343 A cigar made in Cuba.
en What a hypocrite! He talks big about law and order but then he'll also wave an embargoed Cuban in your face!
en Q5192125 en Cuban sandwich<id:Q5192125>.
en Can I please get a Cuban and a beer? Thank you!
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Translations
a person from Cuba
Afrikaans: af Kubaan
Asturian: ast cubanu m, ast cubana f
Azerbaijani: az kubalı
Belarusian: be кубі́нец m, be кубі́нка f
Catalan: ca cubà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 古巴人 Gǔbārén
Czech: cs Kubánec m
Dutch: nl Cubaan m, nl Cubaanse f
Esperanto: eo kubano
Finnish: fi kuubalainen
French: fr Cubain m
Galician: gl cubano m, gl cubana f
German: de Kubaner m, de Kubanerin f
Greek: el Κουβανός m, el Κουβανή f
Hebrew: he קובני qubani m, he קובנית qubanit f
Hungarian: hu kubai
Icelandic: is Kúbumaður, is Kúbumenn, is Kúbverji, is Kúbverjar
Ido: io Kubano
Italian: it cubano m, it cubana f, it cubani m-p, it cubane f-p
Macedonian: mk Кубанец m, mk Кубанка f
Marathi: mr क्यूबन
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb cubaner m, nb kubaner m
Nynorsk: nn cuban m, nn cubanar m, nn kuban m, nn kubanar m
Polish: pl Kubańczyk m, pl Kubanka f
Portuguese: pt cubano m
Romanian: ro cubanez m, ro cubaneză f
Russian: ru куби́нец m, ru куби́нка f
Spanish: es cubano
Swahili: sw Mkuba
Turkish: tr Kübalı
Ukrainian: uk куби́нець m, uk куби́нка f
Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.
en Adam Clymer THE ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE: THE POLITICS; While Conservatives and Liberals React, Gore and Bush Hedge on Ruling w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/02/us/elian-gonzalez-case-politics-while-conservatives-liberals-react-gore-bush-hedge.html 02-06-2000 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250917155524/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/02/us/elian-gonzalez-case-politics-while-conservatives-liberals-react-gore-bush-hedge.html 17 September 2025
Derived terms
en Afro-Cuban Cuban frita Cuban amazon Cuban blackbird Cuban black hawk Cuban boa Cuban bullfinch Cuban crocodile Cuban crow Cuban dogfish Cuban eight Cuban emerald Cuban fever Cuban gnatcatcher Cuban grassquit Cuban green anole Cuban green woodpecker Cuban heel Cuban itch Cubamerican Cubanadian Cubanism Cubanization Cubanize Cubop Cuban jute Cuban cedar Cuban lily Cuban kite Cuban warbler Cuban macaw Cuban martin Cubanness Cuban nightjar Cuban oriole Cuban parakeet Cuban peso Cuban pewee Cuban pine Cuban pygmy-owl Cuban sandwich Cuban slider Cuban solenodon Cuban solitaire Cuban tody Cuban trogon Cuban twig anole Cuban vireo
Translations
of or pertaining to Cuba
Afrikaans: af Kubaanse
Asturian: ast cubanu
Belarusian: be кубі́нскі
Catalan: ca cubà
Czech: cs kubánský
Dutch: nl Cubaans
Finnish: fi kuubalainen
French: fr cubain
Galician: gl cubano m
German: de kubanisch
Greek: el κουβανικός
Hungarian: hu kubai
Icelandic: is kúbverskur
Ido: io Kubana
Italian: it cubano
Macedonian: mk кубански
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb cubansk, nb kubansk
Nynorsk: nn cubansk, nn kubansk
Occitan: oc cuban
Polish: pl kubański m
Portuguese: pt cubano
Romanian: ro cubanez, ro cuban rare
Russian: ru куби́нский
Scottish Gaelic: gd cùbanach
Spanish: es cubano
Swahili: sw Kikuba
Ukrainian: uk куби́нський
Welsh: cy Ciwbaidd
en Cuba Nationalities
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Kuban
Etymology
pt :bor ru:Куба́нь + 1
Proper noun
m
pt river c/Russia Kuban