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