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Christopher Columbus landed at Cuba in 1492 and claimed the land for Spain. Columbus named the land Isla Juana, but later it would be called Cuba, which comes from the local Native American name of coabana.

Cuba's formal name is La Repblica de Cuba. The capital of Cuba is La Habana. Cuba's nickname is "Pearl of the Antilles."