Marianao

[ mah-ree-ah-nah-aw ]

noun

1. a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.

Marianao

/ marjaˈnao /

noun

1. a city in NW Cuba, adjacent to W Havana city: the chief Cuban military base. Pop: 133 016 (1989)

Example Sentences

Rodríguez recently drove his white Lada 2106, manufactured in 1985, seven years before he was born, to a gathering of about 50 owners at a carwash in the Marianao neighborhood of Havana.

From Seattle Times

"I want to keep expanding further afield," said Lopez, 31, who started painting the walls of homes and shops in his home district of Playa and is now completing his first mural in neighboring Marianao.

From Reuters

In some ways, it’s a labor of love for Lopez, who was raised in the city and makes the short trek round-trip from his home in the Marianao suburb each day.

From Washington Times

Set in a lush garden in the suburb of Marianao, the Tropicana still puts on a Las Vegas-style show complete with women dressed in thongs with chandelier headdresses.

From New York Times

The show will mark the first performance of the Tropicana dancers in the United States after 32 years; they became a global attraction after the Tropicana Club, where they perform, opened in the late 1930s in Havana’s Marianao district.

From New York Times