Havana
[hə'vænə]
Definition
(noun.) the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas.
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar
(n.) An Havana cigar.
Checker: Marie
Definition
n. a fine quality of cigar named from Havana the capital of Cuba fondly supposed to be made there.—Also Havann′a(h).
Typist: Nadine
Examples
- Oh, this is an Havana, and these others are cigars of the peculiar sort which are imported by the Dutch from their East Indian colonies. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The instantaneous and dastardly destruction of our battleship, The Maine, with 250 of her crew, in Havana harbor, February 15, 1898, by one of these agencies, is a harrowing illustration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He arrived in Havana on Tuesday, and on the Friday following he was buried, having died of the black vomit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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