Cuban

SayKYOO-buhnUS/ˈkjuːbən/AUS/ˈkjʉː.bən/

Noun pluralCubans

3 meanings of Cuban

1
adjective
Coming from, belonging to, or relating to Cuba, its people, or its dialect of Spanish.
The restaurant serves authentic Cuban dishes from the owner's hometown.
Linguists note that Cuban Spanish often drops consonant sounds at the ends of words.
2
nouncountable
A person from Cuba, or someone of Cuban ancestry.
The Cuban seated beside me at the conference grew up in Havana.
Thousands of Cubans emigrated during the twentieth century.
3
nouncountable
A cigar manufactured in Cuba.
The collector offered him a genuine Cuban from his private humidor.
Customs officers seized several Cubans at the border.

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Formed from Cuba plus the suffix "-an".