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The word "Cuba" comes form the Taino language. it either means "where fertile land is abundant" (cubao) or "great place" (coabana). People who believe that Christopher Columbus was Portuguese, state he might have named it after a town in Portugal called "Cuba".

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The name Cuba came from the Taino Indiginous word Cubanacan meaning where fertile land is abundant" cubao or "great place" coabana.

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The name Cuba came from the Taino Indiginous word Cubanacan meaning "where fertile land is abundant" cubao or "great place" coabana.

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i think so not sure i know it originated from Taino but look it up that's what Google and ask are for

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Cuba is a Taino word that may mean fertile land. The Taino are one of the first tribes of people in the area of Cuba.

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Republic of cuba is the formal name of Cuba but the original is Cubao or Coabana

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The word Cuba comes from the Taino word Caobana. The Spanish named the island Juana, but everyone called it Cuba.

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