Havana
See also: havana
English
Etymology
From Spanish La Habana, from Habaguanex, the native American chief (Cacique) who controlled the area, from Taíno sabana ("savanna"), with the h perhaps being an anthroponymic inflection.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /həˈvænə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ænə
Proper noun
Havana
- The capital city of Cuba.
- A city, the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
capital of Cuba
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Noun
Havana (plural Havanas)
- A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Having indicated an arm-chair to me and placed my refreshment near it, he handed me a long, smooth Havana.
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Translations
cigar
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦavana]
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- havanský
- Havaňan
Portuguese
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦavana]
Proper noun
Havana f (genitive singular Havany, declension pattern of žena)
References
- Havana in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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