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1. A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbour of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape
   - Santiago
    
2. A port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial centre
   - Santiago

Type of: city, metropolis, naval battle, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Cuba, Republic of Cuba, Spanish War, Spanish-American War

Encyclopedia: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba