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Havana|həˈvænə|
Also Havanna(h.
[Name of the capital city of Cuba, now in Spanish Habana. Cf. F. havane.]
a. (In full, Havana cigar): A cigar of a kind made at Havana or in Cuba. (Also applied to the tobacco of which these are made.)
[1711Advt. in Spect. (1868) 903 Barcelona, Havana, and Old Spanish Snuff.] 1802Deb. Congress U.S. 31 Mar. 229 The greater part of what we have imported came..in the shape of Havana cigars. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey iv. v. (Stanf.), A grilled bone, Havannahs, and Regent's punch. 1833Marryat P. Simple xvi, Having very fortunately about a couple of dozen of real Havannahs in my pocket. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 426/2 Genuine (‘legitimas’) Havana cigars are such only as are made in the island; and the cigars made in Europe..from genuine Cuban tobacco are classed as ‘Havanas’. 1972‘A. York’ Expurgator iv. 69 They lunched..on ham..on real coffee and Havana cigars.
b. Comb. havana-brown, the shade of brown which is the colour of havana cigars.
1875Ure's Dict. Arts. I. 189 Havanna brown. Ibid. II. 778 Habana brown, this name has been given to aniline-brown. 1896Daily News 11 June 3/6 Floral design upon a ground of havana-brown.
c. ellipt. for havana-brown.
1873Young Englishwoman July 338/1 Two shades of brown—Havana and maroon. 1922Daily Mail 12 Dec. 7 In delightful shades of Saxe, Heliotrope, Dove Grey, or Havana. 1967N. Freeling Strike Out 27 A large complicated overcheck of fuchsia, havana and off-white.
d. Havana rabbit, a variety of domesticated rabbit distinguished by its dark brown fur, bred near Utrecht about 1898, and kept for both fur and meat. Also ellipt.
1912G. A. Townsend Pract. Rabbit Keeping xx. 273 The Havana rabbit..was first introduced..into England in 1910... The originals, born in Holland, were obtained accidentally. 1953W. K. Wilson Mod. Rabbit Husb. i. 14 Other fur breeds were imported, e.g. Champagnes and Havanas. |