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Yep...
the Cubans (and other Spanish-speaking people) call Havana "la Habana". I once read that the city was named after San Crisobal de Habana, a local (!?!) saint but that still doesn't explain what Habana means :(. Not does it say how come the Arawaks had an obviously Christian local saint.
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Aaargh, it's San Cristobal, not Crisobal!
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