What does the word Cuba mean?

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According to my old [1964] pocket Spanish-English pocket dictionary the Spanish word "cuba" [not capatalized] is "cask" in English.j3h.

Answer 2

Cuba comes from a taino word meaning "where fertile land is abundant" (cubao[9]) or "great place" (coabana[10

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