HAVANA


Meaning of HAVANA in English

I. həˈvanə adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from Havana, Cuba

1. : of or from Havana, the capital of Cuba

a Havana cigar

: of the kind or style prevalent in Havana : havanan

2.

a. of tobacco : grown in Cuba

b. of a cigar : made in Cuba or from Cuban tobacco

II. noun

1. -s usually capitalized

[probably from Spanish habano, from habano, adjective, of Havana, from La Habana (Havana), Cuba]

a. : a cigar made partly or wholly from Cuban tobacco

a box of Havanas

b. : tobacco raised in Cuba

Havana leaf

2. or havana brown -s often capitalized H : bismarck brown

3.

a. usually capitalized : a breed of rather small brown rabbits originating in Holland

b. -s often capitalized : a rabbit of this breed

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