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

  • 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).

    Castro And The Embargo 2008

  • Rubio ... this Cuban is another Fulgencio Batista in the making.

    Rubio reports $3.6 million cash haul 2010

  • 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.

    US Calls for Release of Cuban Political Prisoners 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • Erecting a field of 138 black flags representing what it called the Cuban martyrs of U. S.-backed terrorism.

    CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2009 2009

  • BLITZER: Let me raise the issue of what you call The Cuban Five, these five Cuban spies who have been convicted.

    CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2007 2007

  • Female shoes, with what they call Cuban heels, pointing inwards and to the left.

    Death of a Peer Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1940

  • 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.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • I call it "Cuban" Olympic boxing, because stylistically, it is.

    Why Darting Isn't Hunting 2006

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