Kuba

See also: kuba, Kúba, kubā, Kubā, and Küba

Languages (29)

Afrikaans • Azerbaijani • Basque • Breton • Czech • Faroese • Gagauz • German • Hungarian • Indonesian • Latgalian • Latvian • Lithuanian • Lower Sorbian • Polish • Samogitian • Serbo-Croatian • Slovak • Slovene • Swahili • Swedish • Tagalog • Tetum • Turkmen • Upper Sorbian • Uzbek • Veps • Wolaytta • Yoruba

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Cuba, from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈky.ba/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Further reading

• Kuba on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^af

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Kuba (definite accusative Kubanı, plural Kubalar)

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Further reading

• Kuba on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^az

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuba/ [ku.β̞a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uba, -a
• Hyphenation: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

Kuba inan

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba (inan a-stem)

	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

• kubatar (“Cuban”)

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Breton

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Further reading

• Kuba on the Breton Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^br

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuba]

Proper noun

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

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Kuba
genitive	Kuby
dative	Kubě
accusative	Kubu
vocative	Kubo
locative	Kubě
instrumental	Kubou

Proper noun

Kuba m anim

1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub

Declension

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

Proper noun

Kuba m anim (female equivalent Kubová)

1. a male surname

Declension

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

• “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), 2008–2026
• “Kuba”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Faroese

Proper noun

Kuba f or n

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Further reading

• Kuba on the Faroese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fo

Gagauz

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːba/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• Kubaner
• kubanisch

Further reading

• Kuba on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Kuba”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean; official name: Kubai Köztársaság)

Declension

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

• kubai

See also

countries in North America: Észak-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Amerikai Egyesült Államok
• Antigua és Barbuda
• Bahama-szigetek
• Barbados
• Dominikai Közösség
• Dominikai Köztársaság
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Mexikó
• Saint Kitts és Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent és a Grenadine-szigetek
• Trinidad és Tobago

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈku.ba]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Noun

Kuba (plural Kuba-Kuba or para Kuba)

1. Cuban

Adjective

Kuba (comparative lebih Kuba, superlative paling Kuba)

1. Cuban

Latgalian

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Further reading

• Kuba on the Latgalian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ltg

Latvian

Kuba

Kubas karogs

Proper noun

Kuba f (4th declension)

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kuba	—
genitive	Kubas	—
dative	Kubai	—
accusative	Kubu	—
instrumental	Kubu	—
locative	Kubā	—
vocative	Kuba	—

Synonyms

• Kubas Republika

Related terms

• kubietis, kubiete

Further reading

• Kuba on the Latvian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^lv

Lithuanian

Kuba

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba

	singular
nominative	Kuba
genitive	Kubos
dative	Kubai
accusative	Kubą
instrumental	Kuba
locative	Kuboje
vocative	Kuba

Related terms

• kubietis m, kubietė f

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Kuba
genitive	Kuby
dative	Kubje
accusative	Kubu
instrumental	Kubu
locative	Kubje

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈku.ba]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Taíno cubaobor.?

Taíno coabanabor.?

Spanish Cubalbor.

Polish Kuba

Learned borrowing from Spanish Cuba.

Proper noun

Kuba f (related adjective kubański)

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba

	singular
nominative	Kuba
genitive	Kuby
dative	Kubie
accusative	Kubę
instrumental	Kubą
locative	Kubie
vocative	Kubo

Derived terms

nouns

• Kubanka
• Kubańczyk

See also

countries in North America: kraje Ameryki Północnej (appendix)edit

• Antigua i Barbuda
• Bahamy
• Barbados
• Dominika
• Dominikana
• Grenada
• Haiti
• Jamajka
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Meksyk
• Saint Kitts i Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent i Grenadyny
• Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki
• Trynidad i Tobago

Etymology 2

Clipping of Jakub.

Proper noun

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

1. a diminutive of the male given name Jakub

Declension

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

• → Vilamovian: Küba

Further reading

• “Kuba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• “Kuba”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030
• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “Kuba”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 272

Samogitian

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Further reading

• Kuba on the Samogitian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sgs

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kúba f (Cyrillic spelling Ку́ба, relational adjective kùbānskī, demonym Kubánac, female demonym Kùbānka)

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/
• Homophone: kuba

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

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

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba

	singulare tantum
nominative	Kuba
genitive	Kuby
dative	Kube
accusative	Kubu
locative	Kube
instrumental	Kubou

Derived terms

• kuba
• Kubánec
• Kubánka
• kubánsky

References

• “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, 2003–2026

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kuba

1. genitive of Kubo
2. accusative of Kubo

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kúːba/

Proper noun

Kȗba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

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

Related terms

• Kubánec / Kubánka
• kubánski

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Kuba

1. alternative spelling of Cuba: Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʉːba/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kuba n (genitive Kubas)

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• kuban
• kubansk
• kubanska

See also

countries in North America: Nordamerikas länder (appendix)edit

• Antigua och Barbuda
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Dominica
• Dominikanska republiken
• El Salvador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Kanada
• Kuba
• Mexiko
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Saint Kitts och Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna
• Trinidad och Tobago
• USA

Further reading

• “Kuba”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Taíno cubaobor.?

Taíno coabanabor.?

Spanish Cubabor.

Tagalog Kuba

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/ [ˈk̠uː.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: Ku‧ba

Proper noun

Kuba (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Related terms

• Kubana
• Kubano

Anagrams

• buka, ukab

Tetum

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Turkmen

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Declension

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

• “Kuba” in Soblex

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	—
	Yangi Imlo	—
Cyrillic		Куба
Latin		Kuba

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Veps

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

Wolaytta

Proper noun

Kuba m

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)

See also

countries in North America (appendix)edit

• Anttiguwanne Barbbiyuuda
• Bahaamaase
• Beliize
• Berbbaadoos
• Doominika
• Doominika Ripaabilike
• Eel Salvaadoor
• Geeshsha Kitsenne Neevise
• Geeshsha Luushiya
• Geeshsha Vinsenttenne Giriinaadininse
• Giriinaada
• Heytii
• Hondduraase
• Jamayka
• Kanaadaa
• Kosttaa Rika
• Kuba
• Meksiiko
• Nikaaraaguwa
• Paannama
• Tirindaadenne Toobeego
• Yuunaytidi Istteetis

Yoruba

Kúbà

Etymology

From English Cuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kú.bà/

Proper noun

Kúbà

1. Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)