List of adjectivals and demonyms for Cuba explained

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
pinareño/-a
Artemisaartemiseño/-a
La Habanahabanero/-a
Mayabequemayabequense
Matanzasmatancero/-a
Cienfuegoscienfueguero/-a
Villa Claravillaclareño/-a
Sancti Spíritusespirituano/-a, colloquial: yayabero/-a[1]
Ciego de Ávilaavileño/-a
Camagüeycamagüeyano/-a
Las Tunastunero/-a
Granmagranmense
Holguínholguinero/-a
Santiago de Cubasantiaguero/-a
Guantánamoguantanamero/-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).

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Llamarse yayabero Cubanet. 2015-09-02. Cubanet. 2018-04-10. es-ES. 2018-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111513/https://www.cubanet.org/actualidad-destacados/llamarse-yayabero/. live.