Havana
See also: havana
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish La Habana, from Habaguanex, the native American chief (Cacique) who controlled the area, from Taíno sabana ("savanna"), with the h perhaps being an anthroponymic inflection.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /həˈvænə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ænə
Proper noun
Havana
- The capital city of Cuba.
- December 2019/January 2020, Wayne Curtis, “Discover Cuba’s Other Rum Cocktail: El Presidente”, in Garden & Gun[2], archived from the original on 15 August 2021:
- It was notable enough that when President Calvin Coolidge visited Havana in 1928, Cuba’s president offered him one at the presidential palace.
- A city, the county seat of Mason County, Illinois, United States.
- A minor city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
capital city of Cuba
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Noun
Havana (plural Havanas)
- A type of large cigar produced in Cuba.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Having indicated an arm-chair to me and placed my refreshment near it, he handed me a long, smooth Havana.
Translations
cigar
References
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦavana]
Proper noun
Havana f (relational adjective havanský, demonym Havaňan)
- Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
Declension
Declension of Havana (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
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| nominative | Havana |
| genitive | Havany |
| dative | Havaně |
| accusative | Havanu |
| vocative | Havano |
| locative | Havaně |
| instrumental | Havanou |
Further reading
- “Havana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Havana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Havana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Finnish
Etymology
From a vernacular form of Russian Фофан (Fofan).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑʋɑnɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝ʋɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ha‧va‧na
- Hyphenation(key): Ha‧va‧na
Proper noun
Havana
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Havana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Havana | Havanat | |
| genitive | Havanan | Havanoiden Havanoitten | |
| partitive | Havanaa | Havanoita | |
| illative | Havanaan | Havanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Havana | Havanat | |
| accusative | nom. | Havana | Havanat |
| gen. | Havanan | ||
| genitive | Havanan | Havanoiden Havanoitten Havanain rare | |
| partitive | Havanaa | Havanoita | |
| inessive | Havanassa | Havanoissa | |
| elative | Havanasta | Havanoista | |
| illative | Havanaan | Havanoihin | |
| adessive | Havanalla | Havanoilla | |
| ablative | Havanalta | Havanoilta | |
| allative | Havanalle | Havanoille | |
| essive | Havanana | Havanoina | |
| translative | Havanaksi | Havanoiksi | |
| abessive | Havanatta | Havanoitta | |
| instructive | — | Havanoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- The surname Havana belongs to 175 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo; Paikkala, Sirkka (2000), Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Havana f
- Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈvɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈvɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈvɐ.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈba.nɐ/ [ɐˈβa.nɐ]
Proper noun
Havana f
- Havana (the capital city of Cuba)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦavana/, [ˈɦaʋana]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: Ha‧va‧na
Proper noun
Havana f (genitive singular Havany, declension pattern of žena)
References
- “Havana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026