cuna

Definitions of cuna
  1. noun
    baby bed with high sides made of slats
  2. noun
    a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
    synonyms: inclusa
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    type of:
    hospital
    a health facility where patients receive treatment
  3. noun
    the descendants of one individual
    synonyms: abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, casta, cepa, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, nacimiento, origen, prosapia, solar
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    types:
    familia
    people descended from a common ancestor
    dinastía
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    type of:
    genealogía, árbol genealógico
    successive generations of kin
  4. noun
    where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
    synonyms: proveniencia
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    type of:
    fuente, germen, nacimiento, origen, principio, venero
    the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  5. noun
    the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
    synonyms: linaje, origen
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    type of:
    parentesco
    (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
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