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Che [Che 词源字典]: nickname of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Guevara (1928-1967), acquired when he was working with Cuban exiles in Guatemala in mid-1950s, from his dialectal use of Argentine che, a slang filler word in speech.[Che etymology, Che origin, 英语词源]
confrontation (n.): 1630s, "action of bringing two parties face to face," from Medieval Latin confrontationem (nominative confrontatio), noun of action from past participle stem of confrontare (see confront). International political sense is attested from 1963 and traces to the "Cuban missile crisis" of the previous year.
Cuba: said to be from Taino (Arawakan) Cubanacan, the name of the people who occupied the island. Related: Cuban (1829), Cuban heel (1908); Cuban Missile Crisis (October 16-28, 1962).
habanera (n.): type of Cuban dance, 1874, literally "of Havana."
Havana: Cuban capital city, founded 1514 by Diego Velázquez as San Cristóbal de la Habana "St. Christopher of the Habana," apparently the name of a local native people. The Spanish adjective form is Habanero. Meaning "cigar made in Havana" is by 1826.
jai alai (n.): 1902, American English, originally in a Cuban context, from Basque, from jai "celebration" + alai "merry."
maize (n.): 1550s, from Cuban Spanish maiz, from Arawakan (Haiti) mahiz.
rumba (n.): 1919, from Cuban Spanish rumba, originally "spree, carousal," derived from Spanish rumbo "spree, party," earlier "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo "rhombus," in reference to the compass, which is marked with a rhombus. The verb is recorded from 1932. Related: Rumbaed; rumbaing.
santeria (n.): Afro-Cuban religion, 1950, from Spanish, literally "holiness, sanctity."