KUWAIT
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)
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)
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:
State of Kuwait; Koweit; Kuwait
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (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)
