List of adjectivals and demonyms for Cuba

The following are the 15 provinces of Cuba, along with their demonym or adjective form. Per Spanish morphology, the collective plural is made by adding an -s to pluralize the masculine singular forms listed, as in Cuba: cubano [masculine singular], cubana [feminine singular], cubanos [masculine plural] and cubanas [feminine plural].


Province	Demonym
Pinar del Río	pinareño/a
Artemisa	artemiseño/a
La Habana	habanero/a
Mayabeque	mayabequense
Matanzas	matancero/a
Cienfuegos	cienfueguero/a
Villa Clara	villaclareño/a
Sancti Spíritus	espirituano/a, colloquial: yayabero/a^[1]
Ciego de Ávila	avileño/a
Camagüey	camagüeyano/a
Las Tunas	tunero/a
Granma	granmense
Holguín	holguinero/a
Santiago de Cuba	santiaguero/a
Guantánamo	guantanamero/a

The majority of these provinces are named after their capital city, with the exception of:

Mayabeque (San José de las Lajas, lajero/a; this adjective also refers to Santa Isabel de las Lajas, also known simply as Lajas),
Villa Clara (Santa Clara, santaclareño/a),
Granma (Bayamo, bayamés/esa).

Other places in Cuba and their adjective forms or demonyms are Baracoa (baracoense), Moa (moense), Florida (floridano/a), Palma Soriano (palmero/a), Manzanillo (manzanillero/a), Trinidad (trinitario/a).

The demonym habanero/a for Cuba's capital, Havana, has several derived or related terms, including:

habanero, a chili pepper.
habano, a generic term for Cuban cigars,
habanera, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century.
"Habanera", an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen.
Havanese, the national dog of Cuba.

References

^ "Llamarse yayabero Cubanet". Cubanet (in European Spanish). 2015-09-02. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[1] "Llamarse yayabero Cubanet". Cubanet (in European Spanish). 2015-09-02. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

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