Word Meanings - HAVANA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n.

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• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• ISLANDY
  Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands. Cotgrave.
• CIGARETTE
  A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
• CAPITALIZATION
  The act or process of capitalizing.
• CAPITAL
  1. Of or pertaining to the head. Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain. Milton. 2. Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials;
• ISLANDER
  An inhabitant of an island.
• CAPITALLY
  1. In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally. 2. In a capital manner; excellently.
• HAVANA
  Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n.
• CIGAR
  A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking. Cigar fish , a fish , allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
• CAPITALIZE
  1. To convert into capital, or to use as capital. 2. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.) 3. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• ISLAND
  See JOY (more info) land, lond, land. AS. ig, , is akin to AS. eá water, river, OHG. , G. au meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ö, Goth. ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
• WRITTEN
  p. p. of Write, v.
• CAPITALIST
  One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business. The expenditure of the capitalist. Burke.
• CAPITALNESS
  The quality of being capital; preeminence.
• DEMI-ISLAND
  Peninsula. Knolles.
• UNWRITTEN
  1. Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements. 2. Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper. Unwritten doctrines , such doctrines as have been handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional doctrines.
• SEA-ISLAND
  Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.