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Definition of Santiago de Cuba

1. Noun. A port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center.

2. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Santiago De Cuba

Santalales Santali Santalum album Santana wind Santana winds Santander Santas Santee Santee Dakota Santee Sioux

Santees Santhosh Santiago Santiago Ramon y Cajal Santiago de Chile Santiago de Cuba (current term) Santiago de los Caballeros Santiam berries Santiam berry Santini's booming sound

Santo Domingo Santolina Santolina chamaecyparissus Santoprene Santorini Santorini's canal Santorini's cartilage Santorini's concha Santorini's duct Santorini's fissures

Literary usage of Santiago de Cuba

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"BATTLES AND CAPITULATION OF Santiago de Cuba. (Completed.) By LIEUTENANT JOSE MULLER Y TEJEIRO. Second in Command of Naval Forces of the Province of ..."

2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"BATTLES AND CAPITULATION OF Santiago de Cuba. a telegram from Havana ... It will explain why, for eight hours, we believed at Santiago de Cuba that the ..."

3. The Relations of the United States and Spain: The Spanish-American War by French Ensor Chadwick (1911)
"US FLAG-SHIP New York, Isr RATE, OFF Santiago de Cuba, CUBA, June 3, 1898. As soon as I reached Santiago and had the collier to work upon, the details were ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1909)
"... Spain surrendered at Santiago de Cuba. Under this contract the wives and children of Spanish officers were carried in the cabins, and, without question, ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"The number of newspapers, political and literary, published in 1868, was 39, distributed as follows: in Havana, 21; in Santiago de Cuba, 5 ; in Matan- zas, ..."

6. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"BATTLES AND CAPITULATION OF Santiago de Cuba. (Completed.) By LIEUTENANT JOSE MULLER Y TEJEIRO. Second in Command of Naval Forces of the Province of ..."

7. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"BATTLES AND CAPITULATION OF Santiago de Cuba. a telegram from Havana ... It will explain why, for eight hours, we believed at Santiago de Cuba that the ..."

8. The Relations of the United States and Spain: The Spanish-American War by French Ensor Chadwick (1911)
"US FLAG-SHIP New York, Isr RATE, OFF Santiago de Cuba, CUBA, June 3, 1898. As soon as I reached Santiago and had the collier to work upon, the details were ..."

9. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1909)
"... Spain surrendered at Santiago de Cuba. Under this contract the wives and children of Spanish officers were carried in the cabins, and, without question, ..."

10. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"The number of newspapers, political and literary, published in 1868, was 39, distributed as follows: in Havana, 21; in Santiago de Cuba, 5 ; in Matan- zas, ..."

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