Kuwait
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /kjuːˈweɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /kuːˈweɪt/, /kʊˈweɪt/, enPR: ko͝o-wātʹ
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
- enPR: ko͝o-wītʹ
Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait
- A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait. Capital: Kuwait City.
- Alternative form of Kuwait City: The capital city of Kuwait.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]country in the Middle East
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See also
[edit]- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait m
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Derived terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Kuwait (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kuwait | — | |
genitive | Kuwaitin | — | |
partitive | Kuwaitia | — | |
illative | Kuwaitiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kuwait | — | |
accusative | nom. | Kuwait | — |
gen. | Kuwaitin | ||
genitive | Kuwaitin | — | |
partitive | Kuwaitia | — | |
inessive | Kuwaitissa | — | |
elative | Kuwaitista | — | |
illative | Kuwaitiin | — | |
adessive | Kuwaitilla | — | |
ablative | Kuwaitilta | — | |
allative | Kuwaitille | — | |
essive | Kuwaitina | — | |
translative | Kuwaitiksi | — | |
abessive | Kuwaititta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait n (proper noun, genitive Kuwaits or (optionally with an article) Kuwait)
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kuˈwajt/, /kuˈwɛjt/, /kuˈwejt/, /kuˈvajt/[1]
- Rhymes: -ajt, -ɛjt, -ejt
- Hyphenation: Ku‧wàit
Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait m
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kuwait in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Marina_Kuwait.jpg/250px-Marina_Kuwait.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
- Kuwait er et ørkenland
- Kuwait is a desert country
- Kuwait (the capital city of Kuwait)
Usage notes
[edit]The capital city is usually just referred to as Kuwait, but might also be called Kuwait by (Kuwait city) to differentiate it from the name of the country.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (countries of Asia) Asias land; Afghanistan, Armenia, Aserbajdsjan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filippinene, De forente arabiske emirater, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kambodsja, Kasakhstan, Kina, Kirgisistan, Kuwait, Kypros, Laos, Libanon, Malaysia, Maldivene, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nord-Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russland, Saudi-Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Sør-Korea, Tadsjikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tyrkia, Usbekistan, Vietnam, Jemen, Øst-Timor
References
[edit]- “Kuwait” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait m
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kuˈwait/ [kuˈwai̯t̪], /kuˈbait/ [kuˈ
β ̞ai̯t̪] Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ait
- Syllabification: Ku‧wait
Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait m
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait n (genitive Kuwaits)
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Tatar
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kuwait
- Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Declension
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪt
- Rhymes:English/eɪt/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Kuwait
- en:Countries in Asia
- en:Countries
- en:Cities in Kuwait
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Kuwait
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan terms spelled with K
- Catalan terms spelled with W
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Kuwait
- ca:Countries in Asia
- ca:Countries
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with W
- da:Kuwait
- da:Countries in Asia
- da:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/uwɑit
- Rhymes:Finnish/uwɑit/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- fi:Kuwait
- fi:Countries in Asia
- fi:Countries
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Kuwait
- de:Countries in Asia
- de:Countries
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ajt
- Rhymes:Italian/ajt/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛjt
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛjt/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ejt
- Rhymes:Italian/ejt/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with K
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Kuwait
- it:Countries in Asia
- it:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Arabic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/aɪt
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- nb:Kuwait
- nb:Countries in Asia
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples
- nb:Cities in Kuwait
- nb:National capitals
- nb:Places in Kuwait
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- nn:Kuwait
- nn:Countries in Asia
- nn:Countries
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Kuwait
- pt:Countries in Asia
- pt:Countries
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/ait
- Rhymes:Spanish/ait/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Kuwait
- es:Countries in Asia
- es:Countries
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with W
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Kuwait
- sv:Countries in Asia
- sv:Countries
- Tatar lemmas
- Tatar proper nouns
- tt:Kuwait
- tt:Countries in Asia
- tt:Countries