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  • noun An indigenous group of Panama and Colombia.
  • proper noun The language of the Cuna people

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Examples

  • ABOUT CUNA: Chicago businessman Paolo Acuna created Cuna, a contemporary 6,000 square foot neighborhood bar with affordable price points for food and drink in Lakeview.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2010

  • We went in the evening to visit the Cuna, which is not a fine building, but a large, healthy, airy house.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • On Dec. 27, La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle, a non-profit group, sued federal agencies and four solar projects, alleging they didn't follow environmental laws and failed to adequately consult tribes.

    Solar energy plans pit green vs. green 2011

  • Locals from the nearby island of Tristan de Cuna, a tiny British territory halfway between Argentina and South Africa, are collecting thousands of penguins, many of them soaked in oil, and housing them in a drained indoor community pool.

    Rocky Kistner: A World Away From the Gulf, Penguins Fight Oil Too Rocky Kistner 2011

  • Though the desert may not mean much to the majority of people, "to us, it means everything," said Alfredo Figueroa, 73, founder of La Cuna.

    Solar energy plans pit green vs. green 2011

  • La Cuna is dedicated to protecting the Blythe Giant Intaglios — ground drawings of humans, animals and shapes also known as geoglyphs left by native people in some cases centuries ago.

    Solar energy plans pit green vs. green 2011

  • Locals from the nearby island of Tristan de Cuna, a tiny British territory halfway between Argentina and South Africa, are collecting thousands of penguins, many of them soaked in oil, and housing them in a drained indoor community pool.

    Rocky Kistner: A World Away From the Gulf, Penguins Fight Oil Too Rocky Kistner 2011

  • On Dec. 27, La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle, a non-profit group, sued federal agencies and four solar projects, alleging they didn't follow environmental laws and failed to adequately consult tribes.

    Solar energy plans pit green vs. green 2011

  • Locals from the nearby island of Tristan de Cuna, a tiny British territory halfway between Argentina and South Africa, are collecting thousands of penguins, many of them soaked in oil, and housing them in a drained indoor community pool.

    Rocky Kistner: A World Away From the Gulf, Penguins Fight Oil Too Rocky Kistner 2011

  • Though the desert may not mean much to the majority of people, "to us, it means everything," said Alfredo Figueroa, 73, founder of La Cuna.

    Solar energy plans pit green vs. green 2011

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