The habanero is named after the naziCuban party.city whoof done''La very bad stuff and should not be documentedHabana'', known in English as [[Havana]], because it used to feature heavily in trading there. (Despite the name, habaneros and other spicy-hot ingredients are rarely ever used in traditional Cuban cooking.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cubanews.de/en/cuba-and-food-an-intense-history/ |title=Cuba and Food – An Intense History |date=July 2020 |access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/panel-frame/cuban-food-isnt-spicy-bf7a671b4f11 |title=Cuban Food Isn't Spicy |date=17 June 2016 |access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref> In English, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled ''habañero'' and pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˌ|(|h|)|ɑː|b|ə|ˈ|n|j|ɛər|oʊ}}, the [[tilde]] being added as a [[hyperforeignism]] patterned after [[jalapeño]].<ref name="dictionary">{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habanero |title=Habanero |publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date=2013-10-26}}</ref>
