Geography:

Daiquiri

[͵dīkēʹrē]

Village in E Cuba, near Santiago de Cuba. U.S. troops landed here and at nearby Siboney in 1898, in the Spanish-American War. The rum drink is said to be named for the village.

 
 
 

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