Americas

Cuba

no article

Going there, being there

à Cuba

Coming from

de Cuba

Why

Cuba takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Cuba.

The people

un Cubain, une Cubaine

Official language

espagnol

Capital

La Havane →

Example

Les voitures anciennes roulent encore à Cuba.

Old cars still run in Cuba.

Worth knowing

Cuba takes no article: à Cuba, de Cuba. Its capital does carry one: à La Havane, with a capital La.

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