Havana

[huh-van-uh] Origin

Ha·van·a

[huh-van-uh]
noun
1.
Spanish, Habana. a seaport in and the capital of Cuba, on the NW coast. 1,800,000.
2.
a cigar made in Cuba or of Cuban tobacco.
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Cu·ba

[kyoo-buh; Sp. koo-vah]
noun
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 10,999,041; 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
Cu·ban, adjective, noun
pro-Cu·ban, adjective, noun
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Havana (həˈvænə)
 
n
Spanish name: Habana the capital of Cuba, a port in the northwest on the Gulf of Mexico: the largest city in the Caribbean; founded in 1514 as San Cristóbal de la Habana by Diego Velásquez. Pop: 2 192 000 (2005 est)Related: Habanero
 
Related: Habanero

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Havana
"cigar made in Havana, Cuba," 1802.
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Havana definition


Capital of Cuba and largest city in the country, located in western Cuba; the largest city and chief port of the West Indies and one of the oldest cities in the Americas.

Note: The sinking of the American battleship Maine in Havana harbor in 1898 led to the Spanish-American War.
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