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Geographic Locations > Islands > West Indies > Cuba
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Cuba
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > West Indies > Cuba
Geographic Locations > Americas > Caribbean Region > West Indies > Cuba

Preferred term

Cuba  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies, south of Florida. With the adjacent islands it forms the Republic of Cuba. Its capital is Havana. It was discovered by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and conquered by Spain in 1511. It has a varied history under Spain, Great Britain, and the United States but has been independent since 1902. The name Cuba is said to be an Indian name of unknown origin but the language that gave the name is extinct, so the etymology is a conjecture. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p302 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p132)

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In other languages

  • Cuba

    French

  • République de Cuba

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KC92FTX9-K

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