Officially Republic of Cuba, republic, 42,804 sq mi (110,860 sq km), consisting of the island of Cuba and numerous adjacent islands, in the Caribbean Sea. Havana is the capital and largest city.
Island in the eastern Caribbean, between Guadeloupe and Martinique, the largest of the Windward Islands, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Caribbean Sea to the west.
A republic occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, the E part consisting of the Dominican Republic: ceded by Spain to France in 1697 and became one of the richest colonial possessions in the world, with numerous plantations.
From Chambers Dictionary of World History
An independent state in the North Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It comprises the islands of St Christopher (St Kitts), Nevis and Sombrero.
Country in Central America, bounded north and northwest by Mexico, east by Belize and the Caribbean Sea, southeast by Honduras and El Salvador, and southwest by the Pacific Ocean.
Country, S North America, S of the United States; a republic capital Mexico area 759,530 square miles (1,972,544 square kilometers), population 89,995,000.