centavo

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe

(historical) The former subdenomination of some other currencies (in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Puerto Rico, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Venezuela).


peso

The circulating currency of various Spanish-speaking American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Uruguay) and the Philippines.


Cuba

→ Japanese: キューバ (Kyūba)

Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).

unk

Disputed

A country, and the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean. Capital and largest city: Havana.


Cuban

Eleven Cubans in a vintage Buick — three of them the original “truckonauts” who tried a similar intrepid journey last year aboard a battered Chevy pickup — were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard early Wednesday and now face a return trip to the communist island.

2004 May 2, Tere Figueras, Luisa Yanez, “Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea”, in The Miami Herald:


Cuban

Conservative Republicans who had demanded an investigation and hearings when Elian, the 6-year-old Cuban boy, was forceably taken from the house of his great-uncle on April 22 quickly retreated when it was clear the public supported the government action.

2000 February 6, Adam Clymer, “THE ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE: THE POLITICS; While Conservatives and Liberals React, Gore and Bush Hedge on Ruling”, in The New York Times:

Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.


pachanga

A lively style of Cuban music, a mixture of son montuno and merengue.


Havanan

en-adj

Havanan (comparative more Havanan, superlative most Havanan)

more Havanan (comparative)
most Havanan (superlative)


charanga

Going to hear charanga, the Afro-Cuban music that uses strings, flute and a standard rhythm section, is a bit like going to see a rare ibex in a zoo: it's a wonder that it exists at all, and its existence can color one's perception of its value.

1995 February 22, Peter Watrous, “In Performance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The album includes plenty of songs about love and dancing that draw on vintage and recent Cuban music, from the lilting son to the elegant flute and violins of charanga to percussive rumba and mambo.

2007 September 17, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:

(countable, uncountable, music) A traditional ensemble of Cuban dance music, and the genre of music they create.


Castrism

(politics) Castrist beliefs and policies generally.


Bay of Pigs

A small inlet on the southern side of Cuba, site of a famous failed invasion in 1961.


wet feet, dry feet policy

en-noun

wet feet, dry feet policy (plural not attested)

(US) A policy allowing anybody who fled Cuba and entered the United States to stay and eventually pursue residency, with the exclusion of anybody found at sea.


Cubanize

en-verb

Cubanize (third-person singular simple present Cubanizes, present participle Cubanizing, simple past and past participle Cubanized)

Cubanizes (present singular third-person)
Cubanizing (participle present)
Cubanized (participle past)
Cubanized (past)


Cuban Missile Crisis

A diplomatic crisis in 1962, between the United States and the Soviet Union, over Soviet nuclear missiles placed in Cuba. It almost led to nuclear war.


The telephone number for firefighting assistance in Cuba and Hungary.