Wiktionary

Cuban

See also: cuban

English

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Etymology

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From Cuba +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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Adjective

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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[1]:
      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.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian Куба́нь (Kubánʹ).

Proper noun

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Cuban m

  1. Kuban (a river in Russia)
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