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CUBA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest island in the West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Cuba"):
Cuba; Republic of Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)
San Juan Hill (a hill in eastern Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba) that was captured during the Spanish-American War)
Domain member region:
Santiago; Santiago de Cuba (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape)
Holonyms ("Cuba" is a part of...):
Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the western West Indies)
Derivation:
Cuban (of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
Synonyms:
Cuba; Republic of Cuba
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Cuba"):
capital of Cuba; Cuban capital; Havana (the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas)
Santiago; Santiago de Cuba (a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center)
Guantanamo (a city in southeastern Cuba; site of a United States naval base)
Meronyms (members of "Cuba"):
Cuban (a native or inhabitant of Cuba)
Holonyms ("Cuba" is a part of...):
Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)
Cuba (the largest island in the West Indies)
Holonyms ("Cuba" is a member of...):
OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)
Derivation:
Cuban (of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba)
