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cubage
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Cuban

Cuba n a republic and the largest island in the Caribbean, at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: became a Spanish colony after its discovery by Columbus in 1492; gained independence after the Spanish-American War of 1898 but remained subject to U.S. influence until declared a people's republic under Castro in 1960; subject of an international crisis in 1962, when the U.S. blockaded the island in order to compel the Soviet Union to dismantle its nuclear missile base. Sugar comprises about 80 per cent of total exports but the economy has been devastated by loss of trade following the collapse of the Soviet Union and by a U.S. trade embargo. Language: Spanish. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Havana. Pop.: 11116000 (1998 est.). Area: 110922 sq. km (42827 sq. miles)
♦ Cuban adj, n

Cuba libre n (Chiefly U.S.) a drink of rum, cola, lime juice, and ice
(Spanish, literally: free Cuba, a toast during the Cuban War of Independence)

Santiago de Cuba (Spanish) n a port in SE Cuba, on Santiago Bay (a large inlet of the Caribbean): capital of Cuba until 1589; university (1947); industrial centre. Pop.: 440084 (1994 est.)

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