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cuba.

cask (large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkuba/[ˈku.β̞ɐ]
  1. cask (large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks)

    feminine
  2. industrial vat (large tub)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuba (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cūpa (“cask; vat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Doublet of copa and copo, which came through a Late Latin intermediary variant.

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