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Havana

/həˈvæ.nə/ · name

Meaning

  1. The capital city of Cuba.
  2. A city, the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.
  4. A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.

Etymology / origin

From Spanish La Habana, from Habaguanex, the native American chief (cacique) who controlled the area, the name derived from Taíno sabana (“savannah”). The letter h may be an anthroponymic inflection.

  1. sabana(tnq)
  2. La Habana(Spanish)
  3. Havana (English)
  4. Relations: der, der

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