Havana

[huh-van-uh]

noun

1. Spanish Habana. a seaport in and the capital of Cuba, on the northwestern coast.

2. a cigar made in Cuba or of Cuban tobacco.

Havana

/ həˈvænə /

noun

1. Spanish name: Habana. the capital of Cuba, a port in the northwest on the Gulf of Mexico: the largest city in the Caribbean; founded in 1514 as San Cristóbal de la Habana by Diego Velásquez. Pop: 2 192 000 (2005 est)

Havana

1. Capital of Cuba and largest city in the country, located in western Cuba; the largest city and chief port of the West Indies and one of the oldest cities in the Americas.

The sinking of the American battleship Maine in Havana harbor in 1898 led to the Spanish-American War.

Example Sentences

Assata Shakur, an activist with the Black Liberation Army exiled in Cuba for four decades, has died in Havana, aged 78.

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When “Havana” was released in 1990, Redford agreed to give a rare glimpse into his private life for an NBC documentary, a concession he made to help promote the film.

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Out of Africa won a fistful of awards, but Havana was badly received and lost money at the box office.

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Their voyage, and subsequent guerrilla campaign, would culminate in 1959 in a historic overthrow of Batista and the imposition of a communist government in Havana.

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Succulent shrimp wrapped in a scant blanket of starch that would bring him back to Havana.

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