English

Proper noun

Cuba

1. A country and the largest island in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Cuba.
2. A town in Alabama.
3. A city in Illinois.
4. A city in Kansas.
5. A city in Missouri.
6. A village in New Mexico.
7. A town and village in New York.
8. A town in Portugal.

Translations

Derived terms

• Cuban
• Cubamerican

See also

• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of North America)}

Asturian

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. Cuba

Related terms

• cubanu

Catalan

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. Cuba

Derived terms

• cubà

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (country)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cuba n

1. Cuba (country)

French

Proper noun

Cuba m

1. Cuba (country)

Galician

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. Cuba

Related terms

• cubano

Interlingua

Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (country)

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uba

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. Cuba

Derived terms

• cubano

Anagrams

• buca

Latin

Proper noun

Cuba f ‎(genitive Cubae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Cuba

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

References

• Cuba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Cuba”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (country)

Related terms

• cubaner, kubaner
• cubansk, kubansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba

Related terms

• cuban, kuban
• cubanar, kubanar
• cubansk, kubansk

Occitan

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. Cuba

Related terms

• cuban

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuβɐ/
• Homophone: cuba

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. Cuba (an island and country of the Caribbean)

Related terms

• cubano

Etymology 2

Possibly from Arabic قُبَّة ‎(qubba, “small tower”), or from cuba ‎(“cask”).

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. A village and municipality in Beja, Portugal.

Related terms

• cubense

Romanian

Proper noun

Cuba

1. Cuba (country)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cuba f

1. Cuba

Related terms

• cubano

French

Verb

cuba

1. third-person singular past historic of cuber

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uba

Adjective

cuba

1. feminine singular of cubo

Noun

cuba f ‎(plural cube)

1. cupola

Anagrams

• buca

Latin

Verb

cubā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cubō

References

• CUBA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cuba in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cuba, from Latin cūpa ‎(“cask; vat”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuβɐ/
• Homophone: Cuba

Noun

cuba f (plural cubas)

1. cask (large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks)
2. industrial vat (large tub)

Synonyms

• (cask): tina, tonel
• (vat): tanque

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cupa.

Noun

cuba f ‎(plural cubas)

1. barrel

Synonyms

• barril
• pipa

Derived terms

• borracho como una cuba