KUWAIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kuwait mean? 

• KUWAIT (noun)
  The noun KUWAIT 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: KUWAIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KUWAIT (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 ("Kuwait" 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 "Kuwait"):

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

Meronyms (members of "Kuwait"):

Kuwaiti (a native or inhabitant of Kuwait)

Holonyms ("Kuwait" 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 ("Kuwait" 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)

 Context examples 

Denotes a person having origins in the region of southwest Asia, between the India subcontinent and Europe, including Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, lands east of Pakistan or the other countries of the Arabian Peninsula.

(Middle Eastern, NCI Thesaurus)