proper noun/ˈkuba/
Cuba is feminine in Spanish.
Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
“Donde la Cuba de ayer se vive hoy.” — Where the Cuba of yesterday is lived today.
Related: cubano, disciplinaria de Cuba, más se perdió en Cuba, verdolaga de Cuba
Disputed; likely from Taíno cubao (“abundant fertile land”) or coabana (“great place”).