KOWEIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Koweit mean? 

• KOWEIT (noun)
  The noun KOWEIT has 2 senses:

1. a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait

2. an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum

  Familiarity information: KOWEIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOWEIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Kuwait; Koweit; Kuwait; Kuwait City

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Koweit" is a part of...):

Koweit; Kuwait; State of Kuwait (an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Koweit; Kuwait; State of Kuwait

Instance hypernyms:

Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Koweit"):

capital of Kuwait; Koweit; Kuwait; Kuwait City (a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait)

Meronyms (members of "Koweit"):

Kuwaiti (a native or inhabitant of Kuwait)

Holonyms ("Koweit" is a part of...):

Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)

Gulf States (the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf)

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

Holonyms ("Koweit" is a member of...):

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)

OPEC; Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum)