List of adjectivals and demonyms for Cuba

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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].

ProvinceDemonym
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:

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).

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References

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