QATAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Qatar mean? 

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

1. an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil

2. a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf

  Familiarity information: QATAR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QATAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Katar; Qatar; State of Katar; State of Qatar

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Qatar"):

Bida; capital of Qatar; Doha; El Beda (the capital and chief port of Qatar)

Meronyms (members of "Qatar"):

Katari; Qatari (a native or inhabitant of Qatar)

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

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

Katar; Katar Peninsula; Qatar; Qatar Peninsula (a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into 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 ("Qatar" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Katar; Katar Peninsula; Qatar; Qatar Peninsula

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Qatar"):

Katar; Qatar; State of Katar; State of Qatar (an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil)

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

Arabia; Arabian Peninsula (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources)

 Context examples 

Third place and the bronze medal went to Abderrahman Samba of Qatar with a time of 48.03 seconds.

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)

On September 30, 2019, Karsten Warholm of Norway won the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)