Kuba

See also: kuba, Kúba, kubā, and Küba

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Cuba.

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba

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Breton

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuba]

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba (a country and the largest island in the Caribbean)
2. A pet form of the male given name Jakub.

Related terms

• kubánský
• Kubánec
• Kubánka

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːba/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kuba n (proper noun, strong, genitive Kubas)

1. Cuba

Related terms

• Kubaner
• Kubanerin
• kubanisch

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba

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	—

Related terms

• Kubai Köztársaság
• kubai

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Latvian

Kuba

Kubas karogs

Proper noun

Kuba f (4th declension)

1. Cuba (largest island in the Caribbean)

Declension

Declension of Kuba (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Kuba	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Kubu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Kubas	—
dative (datīvs)	Kubai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Kubu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Kubā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Kuba	—

Synonyms

• Kubas Republika

Related terms

• kubietis, kubiete

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Lithuanian

Kuba

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba (country and largest island in Caribbean)

Declension

    Declension of Kuba

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

Related terms

• kubietis m, kubietė f

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuba/

Proper noun

Kuba f

1. Cuba

Declension

Declension of Kuba

	singular (uncountable)
Nominative	Kuba
Genitive	Kuby
Dative	Kubje
Accusative	Kubu
Instrumental	Kubu
Locative	Kubje

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ba/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Spanish Cuba.

Proper noun

1. A country in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.
2. The biggest island in the Caribbean.

Declension

Declension of Kuba

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

Derived terms

• Kubańczyk m, Kubanka f
• adjective: kubański

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kuba m pers (diminutive Kubuś)

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

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kúba f (Cyrillic spelling Ку́ба)

1. Cuba

Declension

Declension of Kuba

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

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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, the island
2. Cuba, the country

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, 2024

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Kuba

1. genitive of Kubo
2. accusative of Kubo

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kúːba/

Proper noun

Kȗba f

1. Cuba

Inflection

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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

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Swahili

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Alternative spelling of Cuba

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʉːba/

Proper noun

Kuba n (genitive Kubas)

1. Cuba

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba.

Proper noun

Kuba

1. Cuba