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Cubano

American  
[koo-bah-noh, kyoo-] / ˌkuˈbɑ noʊ, ˌkju- /

noun

  • Cubanos
    plural
  1. a person, usually a man or boy, from Cuba.

  2. a Cuban sandwich.


adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of Cuba.

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I sampled the Cubano sandwich for lunch and ordered chocolate-chip cookies to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“We were seatmates, and we started talking, and I shared my fried plantains and half of my Cubano with him. We became really good friends.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

A block south of El Cubano sits Good Burger, which also does fish and chips and other fried noshes that you would find at a fish shack.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2021

“We’re sending a signal to the oligarchy,” said Cubano Fils-Aime, a 31-year-old member of a local committee that organized the memorial for Mr. Moïse.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021

Meaning that tomorrow her uncle, Charley Lyons, the direct descendant of the Cubano cabin boy Eduardo Leones, was going to “make his ancestors very, very proud.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

“We have to keep up the good fight,” said Sergio de Paz, head of the Cuban exile group Cubanos Desterrados.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

Nearby Georgetown Deli and Market, formerly Hitchcock Deli, offers a dozen sandwich-and-salad options including Cubanos and meatballs.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2019

That day, a chef and a language teacher sat eating Cubanos and talking “about good women, about bad women, about everything,” said Kristopher Pabón, the teacher.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2017

They served Cubanos and café con leche to workers from the diamond district.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2017

It was signed simply "Unos Cubanos," and urged opposition to Saco and his sympathizers and a concerted effort to gain the political and civil rights which were enjoyed by Americans.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

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