Cuban American
Miami heritage group
A Cuban American is a person of Cuban descent living in the United States, or something relating to this population: Cuban American cuisine, the Cuban American community in Miami.
The term encompasses both immigrants from Cuba and their American-born descendants.
Cuban Americans form one of the largest and most politically influential Hispanic groups in the U.S., concentrated heavily in South Florida.
- arroz con polloHispanic chicken-and-grain dish
- Bay of PigsFailed 1961 invasion site
- SpanglishHybrid of two languages
- Celia CruzLegendary Cuban salsa vocalist
- Little HavanaCuban immigrant community in Miami
guayabera · exile · Fidel Castro · salsa · Gloria Estefan · code-switching · embargo · Cold War · refugee status · bilingual education · Desi Arnaz · cigars · family gatherings · Catholicism · baseball players · Spanish language · entrepreneurs · plantains
- American EthnicityPuerto Rican, Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Chicana
- LatinoMexican, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Dominican, Peruvian
- Latino identitiesLatino, Latinx, Hispanic, Mexican, Puerto Rican
- CubaOld Havana, Guantanamera, sugar cane, cigar, salsa music
Cuban AmericanAnglo-American
British and American combined
African American · Mexican American · Puerto Rican · Asian American · European American
Cuban AmericanMexican American
U.S. citizen with southern neighbor roots
American, Americans, Americana, Americano, Cuban, Americanize, Americanized, Cubans, Americanizing