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Meaning of Cuban | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkjuːbən

Definitions

  1. A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent
  2. A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.
  3. A cigar made in Cuba
  4. A cigar made in Cuba.
  5. An island country in the Caribbean Sea south of Florida. Originally settled by Arawak Indians, it was claimed for Spain by Columbus in 1492 and was colonized beginning in 1511. Spain relinquished its control of Cuba in 1898 as a result of the Spanish-American War, and following a three-year occupation by US forces, the island became self-governing in 1902. Fulgencio Batista dominated the government of Cuba from 1933 until 1959, when a revolution led by Fidel Castro established a Marxist-Lenin...
  6. Ellipsis of Cuban sandwich
  7. (Placename) of or relating to Cuba or its inhabitants
  8. Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect
  9. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Cuba
  10. A. ADJ → cubano
    ADJ
  11. B. N → cubano/a m/f
    N
  12. adj → kubanisch
    adj
  13. n → Kubaner(in) m(f)
    n

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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