CUBA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cuba mean?
• CUBA (noun)
The noun CUBA has 2 senses:
1. a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
2. the largest island in the West Indies
Familiarity information: CUBA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CUBA (noun)
Meaning:
A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Cuba; Republic of Cuba
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Cuba"):
capital of Cuba; Cuban capital; Havana (capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas)
Santiago; Santiago de Cuba (port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center)
Guantanamo (city in southeastern Cuba; site of a United States naval base)
Meronyms (members of "Cuba"):
Cuban (a native or inhabitant of Cuba)
Holonyms ("Cuba" is a part of...):
Caribbean (region including the Caribbean islands)
Cuba (the largest island in the West Indies)
Holonyms ("Cuba" is a member of...):
OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)
Meaning:
The largest island in the West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Cuba"):
Cuba; Republic of Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)
Domain member region:
Santiago; Santiago de Cuba (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape)
Holonyms ("Cuba" is a part of...):
Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the western West Indies)
