cuban

«cuban» in Mova's school dictionary: from Cuba, an island country in the Caribbean Sea, south… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Cuban); noun (a Cuban, Cubans)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cuban means from Cuba, an island country in the Caribbean Sea, south of Florida. tree →

2) A Cuban is a person from Cuba. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and history, Cuba's capital is Havana; people there speak Spanish. Cuban music (salsa, son), dance, food and old cars are famous. History lessons mention the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when the USA and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war. Always written with a capital C.

examples

• Havana is the Cuban capital. tree →
• My friend's grandma is Cuban, and she speaks Spanish. tree →
• We danced to Cuban music at the party. tree →
• The Cuban Missile Crisis happened in 1962. tree →
• Cuban sandwiches are popular in Miami. tree →
• Many Cubans live in Florida. tree →

note

Always a capital C: Cuban. Pronounced «KYOO-ban». Plural: Cubans.

In the corpora

• Salsa grew up in New York and the Caribbean from Cuban and Puerto Rican music.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cuban» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.