The name "Cuba" probably comes from the indigenous Taíno language, from "Cubao", which means "Where fertile lands abound". It could also derive from a contraction of two Araucan words: "coa" (place) and "bana" (large), thus giving "coabana", translated as "great land".
Christopher Columbus recorded his arrival in a place that the natives called "coabana", "cubao" or "cibao".
These terms evoke the mountains of the eastern region, known for their great fertility.