Starting point for a record-setting swim in 2023's "Nyad" (4)

I believe the answer is:

cuba

(Other definitions for cuba that I've seen before include "Castro's country" , "Island country involved in a 1962 missile crisis" , "Caribbean nation" , "tropical country" , "Large Caribbean island" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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