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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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... derision. It has been as deadly a setting up in the stocks as ever New England practiced on her martyrs to freedom. The women who have led in this revolt against old ideals have had to be as heroic as the men who stormed San Juan heights in the contest for Santiago de Cuba.... ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various

... divisions: 14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality*, (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las, Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara Independence: 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902) Constitution: 24 February 1976 Legal system: based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction National ...

— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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