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Camagüey

American  
[kam-uh-gway, kah-mah-gway] / ˈkæm əˌgweɪ, ˌkɑ mɑˈgweɪ /

noun

  1. a city in central Cuba.


Camagüey British  
/ kamaˈɣwej, ˈkæməˌɡweɪ /

noun

  1. a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)

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Iris Mariño, 37, an actress and independent journalist in the city of Camagüey in eastern Cuba, is in her last month of a high-risk pregnancy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Cuba’s director of housing, Vivian Rodríguez, said earlier this month that the island has a housing deficit of 800,000 homes, especially in the provinces of Havana, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

He held the rank of major general and had the five provinces that make up the eastern part of Cuba, from Camagüey to Guantánamo, under his command.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021

The wages on offer were another strong incentive for Dayli, who is originally from the small Cuban city of Camagüey, to join up.

From BBC ● May 14, 2019

Lee had heard the rail car leave for Camagüey: there had been a series of short explosions, first scattered and then blending in a regular pulsation soon lost over the vanishing tracks.

From Cytherea by Joseph Hergesheimer

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