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Subject: Re: Cuba
Author: Caprice   (guest, 213.66.208.164)
Date: August 27, 2003 at 12:43:51 PM
Reply to: Cuba by vickie laursen
I've read that Cuba means "caves" and that it is derived from Spanish. "Las Cavas" means "the caves" in Spanish. The Native Americans of Cuba cultivated tobacco in the caves of the island.

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