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Definition of Cuban capital
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Cuba, Republic Of Cuba
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuban Capital
Literary usage of Cuban capital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Oscar Wilder Underwood (1913)
"... to most Cuban products, in the direction of prohibition rather than that of
protection, and become an unjust burden upon Cuban capital and labor. ..."
2. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"... in the suburbs of Havana, and the tower was modeled, quite appropriately,
after the belfry of the Church of San Francisco in the Cuban capital. ..."
3. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"... the middle of the month, cutting off the Cuban capital for days from the rest
of the world, and destroying more than a hundred lives and much property. ..."
4. Industrial Cuba: Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial by Robert Percival Porter (1899)
"... the want of resources rendering it impossible to start these banks anew or
establish new ones with Cuban capital. A few years ago there were in Havana, ..."
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