Cuban
Syllables: Cu·ban/ˈkjuːbən/
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Australia[ˈkjʉː.bən]
Cuban noun: a person from Cuba or of Cuban descent. Also the ellipsis of Cuban sandwich.
Noun
Cuban (plural Cubans)
- A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.
- His mother was a Cuban, and his father was a Spaniard; they came to the United States in 1918.
- 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.2004 May 2, Tere Figueras, Luisa Yanez, “Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea”, in The Miami Herald
- A cigar made in Cuba.
- What a hypocrite! He talks big about law and order but then he'll also wave an embargoed Cuban in your face!
Adjective
Cuban (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.
- 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.2000 February 6, Adam Clymer, “THE ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE: THE POLITICS; While Conservatives and Liberals React, Gore and Bush Hedge on Ruling”, in The New York Times
Also used as
Cuban is also the ellipsis of Cuban sandwich.
Cuban meaning in Marathi
Cuban in Marathi
- a person from Cuba
- क्यूबन kyūban
Forms of Cuban
| plural | Cubans |
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Origin of Cuban
From Cuba + -an.
Words formed from Cuban
- Afro-Cuban
- Cuban amazon
- Cuban blackbird
- Cuban black hawk
- Cuban boa
- Cuban bullfinch
- Cuban cedar
- Cuban crocodile
- Cuban crow
- Cuban dogfish
- Cuban eight
- Cuban emerald
- Cuban fever
- Cuban frita
- Cuban gnatcatcher
- Cuban grassquit
- Cuban green anole
- Cuban green woodpecker
- Cuban heel
- Cuban itch
- Cuban jute
- Cuban kite
- Cuban lily
- Cuban macaw
- Cuban martin
- Cubanness
- Cuban nightjar
- Cuban oriole
- Cuban parakeet
- Cuban peso
- Cuban pewee
- Cuban pine
- Cuban pygmy-owl
- Cuban sandwich
- Cuban slider
- Cuban solenodon
- Cuban solitaire
- Cuban tody
- Cuban trogon
- Cuban twig anole
- Cuban vireo
- Cuban warbler
Phrases with Cuban
Words that rhyme with Cuban
Questions about Cuban
- What does Cuban mean?
- Cuban means a person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.
- What is Cuban in Marathi?
- Cuban in Marathi is क्यूबन (kyūban). See Cuban meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is Cuban?
- Cuban can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Cuban?
- Cuban is pronounced /ˈkjuːbən/.
- What is the plural of Cuban?
- The plural of Cuban is Cubans.
Words near Cuban in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Cuban (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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