Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Cuba, a large island of the West Indies belonging to Spain.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.
- noun Same as
cubanite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person from
Cuba or of Cuban descent. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba
- noun a native or inhabitant of Cuba
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Examples
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IT'S A SHAME THAT CUBAN PEOPLE HAVE A leader who is so obsessed with controlling every aspect of Cuban life that he wouldn't allow his hungry people to trade directly with the United States ( "" Castro Digs In His Heels, '' WORLD AFFAIRS, Jan. 18).
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Rubio ... this Cuban is another Fulgencio Batista in the making.
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Crowley also deplored what he described as the Cuban government's "continuing intimidation and harassment" of rights activists and their family members, including Zapata's mother.
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It is from 3 Guys From Miami Cook Cuban, which is where I first learned about the Chinese influence in Cuban cooking — who knew?
Sweet and Spicy Pork Stir Fried With Mango Laura 2008
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It is from 3 Guys From Miami Cook Cuban, which is where I first learned about the Chinese influence in Cuban cooking — who knew?
Archive 2008-05-01 Laura 2008
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Erecting a field of 138 black flags representing what it called the Cuban martyrs of U. S.-backed terrorism.
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BLITZER: Let me raise the issue of what you call The Cuban Five, these five Cuban spies who have been convicted.
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Female shoes, with what they call Cuban heels, pointing inwards and to the left.
Death of a Peer Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1940
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And then I witnessed one of the better aspects of US governance life: a protest and demonstration right outside the White House by a group supporting what they called the Cuban Five.
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I call it "Cuban" Olympic boxing, because stylistically, it is.
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