# Cuban

Pronunciation: say "KYOO-buhn" US/UK /ˈkjuːbən/, AUS /ˈkjʉː.bən/

## Adjective

1. Coming from, belonging to, or relating to Cuba, its people, or its dialect of Spanish.
   - Simple: Coming from Cuba, or belonging to its people, language, or culture.
   - _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._

## Noun

2. A person from Cuba, or someone of Cuban ancestry.
   - Simple: A person who comes from Cuba or whose family came from there.
   - _The Cuban seated beside me at the conference grew up in Havana._
   - _Thousands of Cubans emigrated during the twentieth century._
3. A cigar manufactured in Cuba.
   - Simple: A cigar that was made in Cuba.
   - _The collector offered him a genuine Cuban from his private humidor._
   - _Customs officers seized several Cubans at the border._

## Origin

Formed from Cuba plus the suffix "-an".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cuban (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).