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CUBAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Cuba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Cuban" is a kind of...):

West Indian (a native or inhabitant of the West Indies)

Holonyms ("Cuban" is a member of...):

Cuba; Republic of Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)

Derivation:

Cuban (of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba

Example:

Cuban rum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)

Derivation:

Cuba (the largest island in the West Indies)

Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)

Cuban (a native or inhabitant of Cuba)

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