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Santiago de Cuba

noun

A port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center. Synonym: Santiago.

A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape. Synonym: Santiago.

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"Santiago de Cuba" Quotes from Famous Books

... time, a courier has been dispatched to the owners in Havana, Matanzas, or Santiago de Cuba, who immediately post to the plantation with clothes for the slaves and gold for the crew. Preparations are quickly made through brokers for the sale of the blacks; while the vessel, if small, is ...

— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer

... At Santiago de Cuba, when Tom and Ned were standing near the gangway, watching the officers returning from shore leave, for the ship was to proceed soon, after a two days' stay, the young inventor started as he noticed a military ...

— Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon - or, The Longest Shots on Record • Victor Appleton

Words linked to "Santiago de Cuba" : Cuba, Spanish War, Santiago, Republic of Cuba, metropolis, urban center, city, port, Spanish-American War, naval battle