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Kuwait en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /kuːˈweɪt/ (General-American)
• /kʊˈʋɛːt̪/ (India, North) compare Hindi कुवैत
• ko͝o-wātʹ (General-American)
• /kʊˈweɪt/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• (UK) audio
• /k(j)uːˈweɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kʊˈʋejt̪/ (India, South)

Etymology

From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).

Meanings

1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait. Capital: Kuwait City.
   • The first US service members to die in the conflict between the US and Iran were killed by a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait on Sunday morning local time, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. 2026 March 2, Haley Britzky, “No warning, no siren: Six US service members killed in Iranian strike that hit makeshift operations center in Kuwait”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2026:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Kuwait City: The capital city of Kuwait.
   alt of Kuwait City

Forms

Deriveds

Kuwaitise · Kuwaitize

Relateds

Countries of the world · Kuwaiti

Translations (111)

mk Кувајт (country in West Asia) · ro Kuwait (country in West Asia) · ast Kuwait (country in West Asia) · sh Kȕvājt (country in West Asia) · ka ქუვეითი (country in West Asia) · ps کويت (country in West Asia) · acw الكُويت (country in West Asia) · ps کوېټ (country in West Asia) · is Kúveit (country in West Asia) · pa ਕੁਵੈਤ (country in West Asia) · th คูเวต (country in West Asia) · pt Kuaite (country in West Asia) · kn ಕುವೈತ್ (country in West Asia) · cmn 科威特 (country in West Asia) · tl Kuwait (country in West Asia) · aii ܟܘܵܝܬ (country in West Asia) · pl Kuwejt (country in West Asia) · as কুৱেইট (country in West Asia) · ko 쿠웨이트 (country in West Asia) · sgs Kuveits (country in West Asia) · lt Kuveitas (country in West Asia) · hi कुवैत (country in West Asia) · hy Քուվեյթ (country in West Asia) · te కువైట్ (country in West Asia) · nrf Kuwait (country in West Asia) · tt Күвәйт (country in West Asia) · lo ຄູເວດ (country in West Asia) · uz Quvayt (country in West Asia) · kln Kuwait (country in West Asia) · lbe Кувайт (country in West Asia) · de Kuwait (country in West Asia) · afb الكويت (country in West Asia) · uk Куве́йт (country in West Asia) · kam Kuwait (country in West Asia) · eo Kuvajto (country in West Asia) · es Kuwait (country in West Asia) · mt Il-Kuwajt (country in West Asia) · nn Kuwait (country in West Asia) · am ኩዌት (country in West Asia) · sk Kuvajt (country in West Asia) · he כְּווֵית (country in West Asia) · ki Kuwait (country in West Asia) · he כְּוֵית (country in West Asia) · tg Қувайт (country in West Asia) · io Kuwait (country in West Asia) · ru Куве́йт (country in West Asia) · tk Kuweýt (country in West Asia) · bg Куве́йт (country in West Asia) · mn Кувейт (country in West Asia) · ug كۇۋەيت (country in West Asia) · bn কুয়েত (country in West Asia) · nl Koeweit (country in West Asia) · ta குவெய்த் (country in West Asia) · sh Ку̏ва̄јт (country in West Asia) · ab Кувеит (country in West Asia) · my ကူဝိတ် (country in West Asia) · et Kuveit (country in West Asia) · tr Kuveyt (country in West Asia) · fa-ira کُوِیْت (country in West Asia) · kmr Kuweyt (country in West Asia) · luo Kuwait (country in West Asia) · br Koweit (country in West Asia) · sv Kuwait (country in West Asia) · pt Kuait (country in West Asia) · gu કુવૈત (country in West Asia) · ky Кувейт (country in West Asia) · ckb کووەیت (country in West Asia) · sq Kuvajt (country in West Asia) · lv Kuveita (country in West Asia) · ja クウェート (country in West Asia) · or କୁଏତ (country in West Asia) · ne कुवेत (country in West Asia) · fr Koweït (country in West Asia) · bo ཁུ་ཝི་ཐི (country in West Asia) · el Κουβέιτ (country in West Asia) · gur Kuweet (country in West Asia) · af Koeweit (country in West Asia) · da Kuwait (country in West Asia) · fi Kuwait (country in West Asia) · nv Kóóweiʼ (country in West Asia) · sq Kuvajti (country in West Asia) · mr कुवेत (country in West Asia) · it il Kuwait (country in West Asia) · si කුවේටය (country in West Asia) · ba Кувейт (country in West Asia) · kk Кувейт (country in West Asia) · ga Cuáit (country in West Asia) · ms Kuwait (country in West Asia) · vi Cô-oét (country in West Asia) · sw Kuwait (country in West Asia) · km គុយវ៉ែត (country in West Asia) · hu Kuvait (country in West Asia) · luy Kuwait (country in West Asia) · ar الْكُوَيْت (country in West Asia) · be Куве́йт (country in West Asia) · id Kuwait (country in West Asia) · ia Kuwait (country in West Asia) · yi קוּווײַט (country in West Asia) · sl Kuvajt (country in West Asia) · be Кувэ́йт (country in West Asia) · ro Kuweit (country in West Asia) · pt Kuwait (country in West Asia) · nb Kuwait (country in West Asia) · cs Kuvajt (country in West Asia) · yue 科威特 (country in West Asia) · ur کُوَیت (country in West Asia) · az Küveyt (country in West Asia) · ha Kwìyât (country in West Asia) · prs کُوَیْت (country in West Asia) · ta குவைத் (country in West Asia) · ml കുവൈറ്റ് (country in West Asia)

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