Kuba

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See also: kuba, Kúba, kubā, and Küba

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch Cuba, from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈky.ba/
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Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Further reading

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Azerbaijani

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Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Further reading

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Basque

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Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuba/ [ku.β̞a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

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Kuba inan

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

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Declension of Kuba (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive Kuba
ergative Kubak
dative Kubari
genitive Kubaren
comitative Kubarekin
causative Kubarengatik
benefactive Kubarentzat
instrumental Kubaz
inessive Kuban
locative Kubako
allative Kubara
terminative Kubaraino
directive Kubarantz
destinative Kubarako
ablative Kubatik
partitive Kubarik
prolative Kubatzat

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Breton

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Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuba f (related adjective kubánský, demonym Kubánec, female demonym Kubánka)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean; capital: Havana)

Declension

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Declension of Kuba (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Kuba
genitive Kuby
dative Kubě
accusative Kubu
vocative Kubo
locative Kubě
instrumental Kubou

Proper noun

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Kuba m anim

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub
  2. a male surname

Declension

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Declension of Kuba (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative Kuba Kubové
genitive Kuby Kubů
dative Kubovi Kubům
accusative Kubu Kuby
vocative Kubo Kubové
locative Kubovi Kubech
instrumental Kubou Kuby

Further reading

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  • “Kuba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “Kuba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “Kuba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • “Kuba”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Kuba f or n

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Further reading

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Gagauz

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Gagauz Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gag

Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (a country in the Caribbean)

German

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuba n (proper noun, genitive Kubas or (optionally with an article) Kuba)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
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Further reading

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  • Kuba on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “Kuba” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkubɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba
  • Rhymes: -bɒ

Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean; official name: Republic of Cuba)
    Synonym: (official name) Kubai Köztársaság

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Kuba —
accusative Kubát —
dative Kubának —
instrumental Kubával —
causal-final Kubáért —
translative Kubává —
terminative Kubáig —
essive-formal Kubaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Kubában —
superessive Kubán —
adessive Kubánál —
illative Kubába —
sublative Kubára —
allative Kubához —
elative Kubából —
delative Kubáról —
ablative Kubától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Kubáé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Kubáéi —
Possessive forms of Kuba
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Kubám —
2nd person sing. Kubád —
3rd person sing. Kubája —
1st person plural Kubánk —
2nd person plural Kubátok —
3rd person plural Kubájuk —

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Latgalian

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Proper noun

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

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Latvian

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Kuba
Kubas karogs

Proper noun

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Kuba f (4th declension)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

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Declension of Kuba (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) Kuba —
accusative (akuzatīvs) Kubu —
genitive (ģenitīvs) Kubas —
dative (datīvs) Kubai —
instrumental (instrumentālis) Kubu —
locative (lokatīvs) Kubā —
vocative (vokatīvs) Kuba —

Synonyms

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Further reading

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Lithuanian

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 Kuba on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Kuba

Proper noun

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

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    Declension of Kuba
nominative Kuba
genitive Kubos
dative Kubai
accusative Kubą
instrumental Kuba
locative Kuboje
vocative Kuba
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Lower Sorbian

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Lower Sorbian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia dsb

Etymology

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From German Kuba, from Spanish Cuba; disputed, but likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

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Declension of Kuba
singular (uncountable)
Nominative Kuba
Genitive Kuby
Dative Kubje
Accusative Kubu
Instrumental Kubu
Locative Kubje

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

Proper noun

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Kuba f (related adjective kubański)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
Declension
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Declension of Kuba
singular
nominative Kuba
genitive Kuby
dative Kubie
accusative Kubę
instrumental Kubą
locative Kubie
vocative Kubo
Derived terms
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nouns

See also

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Etymology 2

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Clipping of Jakub.

Proper noun

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Kuba m pers (diminutive Kubuś or (dialectal) Kubina)

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub
Declension
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Declension of Kuba
singular plural
nominative Kuba Kubowie/Kuby (deprecative)
genitive Kuby Kubów
dative Kubie Kubom
accusative Kubę Kubów
instrumental Kubą Kubami
locative Kubie Kubach
vocative Kubo Kubowie
Descendants
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  • → Vilamovian: Küba

Further reading

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  • Kuba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “Kuba”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “Kuba”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 272

Samogitian

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Proper noun

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kǔːba/
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

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Kúba f (Cyrillic spelling Ку́ба)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

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Declension of Kuba
singular
nominative Kuba
genitive Kube
dative Kubi
accusative Kubu
vocative Kubo
locative Kubi
instrumental Kubom

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish Cuba; likely from Taíno [Term?].

Proper noun

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Kuba f (genitive singular Kuby, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
Declension
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Declension of Kuba
singulare tantum
nominative Kuba
genitive Kuby
dative Kube
accusative Kubu
locative Kube
instrumental Kubou
Derived terms
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References

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  • “Kuba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. genitive of Kubo
  2. accusative of Kubo

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kȗba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Inflection

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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Kúba
genitive Kúbe
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Kúba
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Kúbe
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Kúbi
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Kúbo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Kúbi
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Kúbo
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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Alternative spelling of Cuba

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuba n (genitive Kubas)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
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Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kuba (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Anagrams

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Tetum

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Tetum Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tet

Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Turkmen

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Turkmen Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tk

Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Upper Sorbian

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Upper Sorbian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hsb

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkuba/
  • Rhymes: -uba
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧ba
  • Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

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Kuba f

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Declension

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Declension of Kuba (feminine hard stem)
singular dual plural
nominative Kuba Kubje Kuby
genitive Kuby Kubow Kubow
dative Kubje Kubomaj Kubam
accusative Kubu Kubje Kuby
instrumental Kubu Kubomaj Kubami
locative Kubje Kubomaj Kubach
vocative Kuba Kubje Kuby

References

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  • “Kuba” in Soblex

Uzbek

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 Kuba on Uzbek Wikipedia
Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic Куба‍
Latin Kuba‍
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Veps

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Veps Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vep

Proper noun

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Kuba

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Yoruba

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Kúbà

Etymology

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From English Cuba.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kúbà

  1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)
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