Republic of "Cuba"

Cuba official name-the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: República de Cuba [reˈpußlika ðe ˈkußa]) is an island country in Latin America, in the Caribbean. It is located on the islands of Cuba, Juventud and on more than 1,600 small islands of the Greater Antilles group (Los Colorados, Sabana, Camaguey, Hardines de la Reina, Los Canarreos, San Felipe Island, etc.).

In the east it is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south by the Caribbean Sea. it is separated from north america in the west by the yucatan strait, in the north by the florida strait. A unitary state. the capital and largest city is havana. The currency is the peso (since 1994, the convertible peso has been put into circulation. the official language is spanish.

the name "cuba"has its origin in the now-dead languages of the taino indians who inhabited the greater antilles. the exact meaning of the name is unclear, there is a point of view that it can mean "a place where the fertile land is abundant" (cubao) or "a beautiful place" (coabana).

There is also a hypothesis that Christopher Columbus named the island after the village of Cuba in the Beja region of Portugal