Cuna

American  

[koo-nuh] / ˈku nə /

noun

plural

Cunas,

plural

Cuna

1. a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.

2. the Chibchan language spoken by the Cuna.

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Example Sentences

Ana Cuna, 27, said she and other Colombians paid $1,300 each to be guided across the border after reaching Tijuana.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023

Among the newer chocolates he’s carrying, almost all bean-to-bar, are Honeymoon from St. Louis, Bixby from Maine and Cuna de Piedra from Monterrey, Mexico.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

Cuna de Campeones, the riding school where he trained, paid tribute to him on Twitter, saying: "We will always remember you for your smile, your big heart and your professionalism."

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2021

Cuna landed awkwardly on his right leg while trying to make a catch a drive from Miami Marlins batter Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the fifth inning.

From Fox News • Jul. 10, 2021

We must now return to the affairs of India, where Diego Sylveira reduced the people of Calicut to such straits that the zamorin was constrained to sue to Nuno de Cuna for peace.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert