Cuba
['kjubɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the largest island in the West Indies.
(noun.) a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
Typed by Ann--From WordNet
Examples
- This was the case, too, with the mines of Cuba and St. Domingo, and even with the ancient mines of Peru, after the discovery of those of Potosi. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Cuba is now an independent self-governing republic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At last, when I sent men out hunting for bamboo, I dispatched Segredor to Cuba. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Or the wind from the land as you come in toward Cuba in the dark? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Later on Edison sent out an expedition to explore the wilds of Cuba and Jamaica. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But perhaps the people in Cuba just got tired of her! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Spain retained Cuba and a few settlements in the Philippine Islands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A brief war ended in the acquisition of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippine Islands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He presented, altogether, rather a mildewy appearance, and emitted a fragrant odour of full-flavoured Cubas. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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