Cuba
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[ kyoo-buh; Spanish koo-vah ]
/ ˈkyu bə; Spanish ˈku vɑ /
noun
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
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day name
noun
(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).
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British Dictionary definitions for cuba (1 of 2)
Cuba
/ (ˈkjuːbə) /
noun
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)
British Dictionary definitions for cuba (2 of 2)
day name
noun
Western African
a name indicating a person's day of birth
Cultural definitions for cuba
Cuba
Republic consisting of the island of Cuba and other nearby islands. It lies in the Caribbean Sea at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico. Its capital and largest city is Havana.
notes for Cuba
The sinking of the United States battleship
Maine in Havana harbor led to the
Spanish-American War in 1898.
notes for Cuba
Fidel
Castro took control of the Cuban government in 1959. The United States broke off relations with Cuba in 1961, after Castro exhibited strong
left-wing leanings, established a system of military justice, and confiscated American
investments in banks, industries, and land. Cuba then formed a close attachment to the
Soviet Union.
notes for Cuba
In 1961, under the administration of John F.
Kennedy, American-trained Cuban exiles attempted to invade Cuba, landing at the
Bay of Pigs, only to be easily defeated by Castro's forces. The Kennedy administration was sharply criticized for the Bay of Pigs fiasco.
notes for Cuba
The
Cuban missile crisis of 1962 occurred as a result of a Soviet buildup of medium-range missiles (capable of striking targets in the United States) in Cuba.
notes for Cuba
In 1980, Cuban
refugees began pouring into the United States when Castro allowed free emigration.
notes for Cuba
The
collapse of communism in eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union has left Cuba as one of the last
communist states.