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SANTIAGO DE CUBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Santiago de Cuba mean? 

SANTIAGO DE CUBA (noun)
  The noun SANTIAGO DE CUBA has 2 senses:

1. a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial centerplay

2. a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escapeplay

  Familiarity information: SANTIAGO DE CUBA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SANTIAGO DE CUBA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Santiago; Santiago de Cuba

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Santiago de Cuba" is a part of...):

Cuba; Republic of Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Santiago; Santiago de Cuba

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

Cuba (the largest island in the West Indies)

Holonyms ("Santiago de Cuba" is a part of...):

Spanish-American War; Spanish War (a war between the United States and Spain in 1898)


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