Havana

See also: havana

English

Alternative forms

• (cigar): Havanna, Havannah (dated)

Etymology

From Spanish La Habana, from Habaguanex, the native American chief (Cacique) who controlled the area, from Taíno sabana ("savanna"), with the h perhaps being an anthroponymic inflection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈvænə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

Havana

1. The capital city of Cuba.
2. A city, the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States.
3. A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.

Derived terms

• Havanan
• Havanese
• Little Havana

Translations

capital city of Cuba

• Amharic: አባና (ābana), ሀቫና (hāvana)
• Antillean Creole: La Avann f, Avann f
• Arabic: هَافَانَا (ar) f (hafānā)
• Armenian: Հավանա (Havana)
• Asturian: L'Habana (ast)
• Belarusian: Гава́на f (Havána)
• Bengali: হাভানা (habhana)
• Bulgarian: Хава́на f (Havána)
• Burmese: ဟာဗားနား (haba:na:)
• Catalan: L'Havana
• Chamorro: havanaea
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈瓦那 (zh) (Hāwǎnà)

• Corsican: L'Avana f
• Czech: Havana (cs) f
• Danish: Havana
• Esperanto: Havano (eo)
• Finnish: Havanna (fi)
• French: La Havane (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰავანა (havana)
• German: Havanna (de) f
• Greek: Αβάνα (el) f (Avána)
• Haitian Creole: La Avàn
• Hebrew: הוואנה
• Hindi: हवाना (hi) m (havānā)
• Hungarian: Havanna (hu)
• Italian: L'Avana (it) f, L'Havana f
• Japanese: ハバナ (ja) (Habana)
• Khmer: ហាវ៉ាណា (haavaanaa)
• Korean: 아바나 (Abana), 라 아바나 (Ra Abana)
• Latin: Avana
• Lithuanian: Havana f
• Lucumí: Ilú Pupu Ilé
• Luxembourgish: Havanna
• Macedonian: Хава́на f (Havána)
• Maltese: il-Ħavana
• Marathi: हव्हाना n (havhānā)
• Persian: هاوانا (hâvânâ)
• Polish: Hawana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Havana (pt) f
• Russian: Гава́на (ru) f (Gavána)
• Sardinian: S'Avana f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хава̀на f

  Roman: Havàna (sh) f

• Sicilian: L'Avana f
• Spanish: La Habana (es) f
• Swedish: Havanna (sv)
• Telugu: హవానా (havānā)
• Thai: ฮาวานา (th) (haa-waa-nâa)
• Turkish: Havana (tr)
• Ukrainian: Гава́на f (Havána)
• Urdu: ہوانا m (havānā)
• Uyghur: ھاۋانا (hawana)
• Vietnamese: La Ha-ba-na, Ha-va-na

Noun

Havana (plural Havanas)

1. A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     Having indicated an arm-chair to me and placed my refreshment near it, he handed me a long, smooth Havana.

Translations

cigar

• Finnish: havannalainen (fi), havannasikari
• Greek: πούρα Αβάνας (poúra Avánas)
• Indonesian: havana (id)
• Italian: avana (it) m
• Macedonian: ха́ванска пу́ра f (hávanska púra)
• Marathi: हवाना f (havānā)
• Portuguese: havana m
• Spanish: habano (es) m

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦavana]

Proper noun

Havana f (relational adjective havanský, demonym Havaňan)

1. Havana (the capital city of Cuba)

Declension

Declension of Havana (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Havana
genitive	Havany
dative	Havaně
accusative	Havanu
vocative	Havano
locative	Havaně
instrumental	Havanou

Further reading

• “Havana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Havana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Havana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Etymology

From a vernacular form of Russian Фофан (Fofan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑʋɑnɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝ʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ha‧va‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Ha‧va‧na

Proper noun

Havana

1. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Havana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Havana	Havanat
genitive		Havanan	Havanoiden Havanoitten
partitive		Havanaa	Havanoita
illative		Havanaan	Havanoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Havana	Havanat
accusative	nom.	Havana	Havanat
	gen.	Havanan
genitive		Havanan	Havanoiden Havanoitten Havanain rare
partitive		Havanaa	Havanoita
inessive		Havanassa	Havanoissa
elative		Havanasta	Havanoista
illative		Havanaan	Havanoihin
adessive		Havanalla	Havanoilla
ablative		Havanalta	Havanoilta
allative		Havanalle	Havanoille
essive		Havanana	Havanoina
translative		Havanaksi	Havanoiksi
abessive		Havanatta	Havanoitta
instructive		—	Havanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Havana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Havanani Havanani accusative nom. Havanani Havanani gen. Havanani genitive Havanani Havanoideni Havanoitteni Havanaini rare partitive Havanaani Havanoitani inessive Havanassani Havanoissani elative Havanastani Havanoistani illative Havanaani Havanoihini adessive Havanallani Havanoillani ablative Havanaltani Havanoiltani allative Havanalleni Havanoilleni essive Havananani Havanoinani translative Havanakseni Havanoikseni abessive Havanattani Havanoittani instructive — — comitative — Havanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Havanasi Havanasi accusative nom. Havanasi Havanasi gen. Havanasi genitive Havanasi Havanoidesi Havanoittesi Havanaisi rare partitive Havanaasi Havanoitasi inessive Havanassasi Havanoissasi elative Havanastasi Havanoistasi illative Havanaasi Havanoihisi adessive Havanallasi Havanoillasi ablative Havanaltasi Havanoiltasi allative Havanallesi Havanoillesi essive Havananasi Havanoinasi translative Havanaksesi Havanoiksesi abessive Havanattasi Havanoittasi instructive — — comitative — Havanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Havanamme Havanamme accusative nom. Havanamme Havanamme gen. Havanamme genitive Havanamme Havanoidemme Havanoittemme Havanaimme rare partitive Havanaamme Havanoitamme inessive Havanassamme Havanoissamme elative Havanastamme Havanoistamme illative Havanaamme Havanoihimme adessive Havanallamme Havanoillamme ablative Havanaltamme Havanoiltamme allative Havanallemme Havanoillemme essive Havananamme Havanoinamme translative Havanaksemme Havanoiksemme abessive Havanattamme Havanoittamme instructive — — comitative — Havanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Havananne Havananne accusative nom. Havananne Havananne gen. Havananne genitive Havananne Havanoidenne Havanoittenne Havanainne rare partitive Havanaanne Havanoitanne inessive Havanassanne Havanoissanne elative Havanastanne Havanoistanne illative Havanaanne Havanoihinne adessive Havanallanne Havanoillanne ablative Havanaltanne Havanoiltanne allative Havanallenne Havanoillenne essive Havanananne Havanoinanne translative Havanaksenne Havanoiksenne abessive Havanattanne Havanoittanne instructive — — comitative — Havanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Havanansa Havanansa accusative nom. Havanansa Havanansa gen. Havanansa genitive Havanansa Havanoidensa Havanoittensa Havanainsa rare partitive Havanaansa Havanoitaan Havanoitansa inessive Havanassaan Havanassansa Havanoissaan Havanoissansa elative Havanastaan Havanastansa Havanoistaan Havanoistansa illative Havanaansa Havanoihinsa adessive Havanallaan Havanallansa Havanoillaan Havanoillansa ablative Havanaltaan Havanaltansa Havanoiltaan Havanoiltansa allative Havanalleen Havanallensa Havanoilleen Havanoillensa essive Havananaan Havananansa Havanoinaan Havanoinansa translative Havanakseen Havanaksensa Havanoikseen Havanoiksensa abessive Havanattaan Havanattansa Havanoittaan Havanoittansa instructive — — comitative — Havanoineen Havanoinensa

Statistics

• The surname Havana belongs to 175 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Havana f

1. Havana (the capital city of Cuba)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈba.nɐ/ [ɐˈβa.nɐ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ, (Portugal) -ɐnɐ
• Hyphenation: Ha‧va‧na

Proper noun

Havana f

1. Havana (the capital city of Cuba)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦavana]

Proper noun

Havana f (genitive singular Havany, declension pattern of žena)

1. Havana (the capital of Cuba)

References

• “Havana”, 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, 2003–2025