Havana

American  

[huh-van-uh] / həˈvæn ə /

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.

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Havana British  

/ 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)

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Havana Cultural  

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.

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

Example Sentences

But that is of no comfort to the grieving family members as they tearfully placed their hands on the wooden boxes in Havana.

From BBC

Venezuela is an ally of Tehran and Havana.

From The Wall Street Journal

Venezuela's government in a statement called for "political and diplomatic dialogue" between Washington and Havana.

From Barron's

Elderly Cubans are digging through garbage for scraps of food in Havana.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba’s security and intelligence services secured a lifeline from oil-rich Venezuela as Havana inched closer to economic collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal