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Cuba
22.0000°N -79.5000°W · Q241
2 English words in this atlas trace back to Cuba. It sits in Cuba.
Cuban heelnoun · 20th century
Well attestedThe boot heel is named for an island.
The style is associated with Cuban dance shoes and reached wider fashion under that name.
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Cuban sandwichnoun · early 20th century
Well attestedThe Cuban sandwich was worked out in Florida, not in Cuba.
Cuban cigar workers in Tampa's Ybor City and in Key West built it from the mixed pantry of their neighborhoods, which is why Italian salami turns up in the Tampa version. Tampa and Miami still argue over the authoritative recipe, and neither city is on the island.
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