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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas [syn: Havana, capital of Cuba, Cuban capital]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably from Spanish habano, from habano of Havana, from La Habana (Havana), Cuba Date: 1826 1. a cigar made from Cuban tobacco 2. a tobacco originally grown in Cuba II. geographical name or Spanish La Habana city & port capital of Cuba on Gulf of Mexico population 2,096,054 • Havanan adjective or noun

Britannica Concise

City (pop., 1995 est.: 2,241,000), capital of Cuba. The city, which is also a province, lies on the island's N coast. The largest city in the Caribbean, it is Cuba's chief port, and has one of the best harbors in the Western Hemisphere. It was founded by the Spanish in 1515 and moved to its present location in 1519. Made the capital of Cuba in 1592, it was Spain's chief naval station in the New World. Its harbor was the scene of the destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in 1898, the immediate cause of the Spanish-Amer. War. Before 1959, when F. Castro came to power, Havana was a haven for U.S. tourists, offering gambling and showy nightlife. In addition to being Cuba's commercial and industrial center, it contains many buildings reflecting Spanish colonial style, incl. the cathedral (1704) that formerly contained C. Columbus's tomb, the Palace of the Captains General, and Morro Castle. Central Havana is now a world heritage site.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a cigar made at Havana or elsewhere in Cuba.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Havana Ha*van"a, a. Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. An Havana cigar. Young Frank Clavering stole his father's Havannahs, and . . . smoked them in the stable. --Thackeray.

Moby Thesaurus

Burley, Cuban, Havana seed, Latakia, Maryland, Russian, Turkish, Virginia, belvedere, box of cigars, bright, canaster, cheroot, cigar, cigar box, cigar case, cigar cutter, cigarillo, colorado, corona, flue-cured, humidor, leaf, lugs, plug tobacco, rope, seconds, shag, stinker, stogie, trichinopoly