cuba

1. 1.

   a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba

   SynonymsRepublic of Cuba

   Broadercountry

   Part ofCaribbeanOrganization of American States

   PartsHavanaSantiago de CubaGuantanamo
2. 2.

   the largest island in the West Indies

   Broaderisland

   Part ofGreater Antilles

   PartsSan Juan Hill

Other forms of cuba

plural

cubas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cuba

What does cuba mean?

cuba means "a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cuba?

cuba has 2 syllables: cu-ba. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˈkjubə/.

What is another word for cuba?

Close synonyms include Republic of Cuba. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cuba a common word?

cuba is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.