Alternative Names for Cuba: Pearl of the Antilles and More

Cuba has earned many poetic and historical epithets:

• Pearl of the Antilles (Perla de las Antillas) – for its beauty and strategic value.
• Antilla – archaic poetic name.
• Isla de la Juventud – "Isle of Youth" (formerly Isla de Pinos), the large southern island.
• Isla de Pinos – former name of Isla de la Juventud.
• Cuba Libre – "Free Cuba"; also the rum-and-cola cocktail.
• San Cristóbal de la Habana – full colonial name of Havana.
• The Crocodile Island – map shape resembles a crocodile.