Where does “Cuba” come from?

Cuba (Spanish) comes from Taíno cubao — abundant fertile land.

Cuba (Spanish): barrel

Definitions

  1. barrel

Ancestry of “Cuba”, step by step

Cuba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Taíno cubao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Taínocubaoabundant fertile land

via Taíno coabana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Taínocoabanagreat place

Words derived from “Cuba”

Every word from Taíno cubao →