Meanings
alternative obsolete Koweit · alternative obsolete Kowait · alternative Kuwayt
- 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 - abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Kuwait City: The capital city of Kuwait.
Origin
- Arabicالْكُوَيْت
- EnglishKuwait
From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).
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Afrikaans Koeweit
- Koeweitcountry in West Asia
Arabic الْكُوَيْت
- الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt)country in West Asia
Bengali কুয়েত
- কুয়েত (kuẏet)country in West Asia
Bulgarian Куве́йт
- Куве́йт (Kuvéjt)country in West Asia
Chinese Cantonese 科威特
- 科威特 (fo¹ wai¹ dak⁶)country in West Asia
Chinese Mandarin 科威特
- 科威特 (Kēwēitè)country in West Asia
Czech Kuvajt
- Kuvajtcountry in West Asia
Danish Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Dutch Koeweit
- Koeweitcountry in West Asia
Esperanto Kuvajto
- Kuvajtocountry in West Asia
Estonian Kuveit
- Kuveitcountry in West Asia
Finnish Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
French Koweït
- Koweïtcountry in West Asia
German Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Greek Κουβέιτ
- Κουβέιτ (Kouvéit)country in West Asia
Hebrew כְּוֵית, כְּווֵית
- כְּוֵיתcountry in West Asia
- כְּווֵית (kuwayt)country in West Asia
Hindi कुवैत
- कुवैत (kuvait)country in West Asia
Hungarian Kuvait
- Kuvaitcountry in West Asia
Icelandic Kúveit
- Kúveitcountry in West Asia
Indonesian Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Irish Cuáit
- Cuáitcountry in West Asia
Italian il Kuwait
- il Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Japanese クウェート
- クウェート (Kuwēto)country in West Asia
Korean 쿠웨이트
- 쿠웨이트 (Kuweiteu)country in West Asia
Latvian Kuveita
- Kuveitacountry in West Asia
Lithuanian Kuveitas
- Kuveitascountry in West Asia
Malay Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Polish Kuwejt
- Kuwejtcountry in West Asia
Portuguese Kuwait, Kuait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
- Kuaitcountry in West Asia
- Kuaitecountry in West Asia
Punjabi ਕੁਵੈਤ
- ਕੁਵੈਤ (kuvait)country in West Asia
Romanian Kuwait, Kuweit
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
- Kuweitcountry in West Asia
Russian Куве́йт
- Куве́йт (Kuvéjt)country in West Asia
Slovak Kuvajt
- Kuvajtcountry in West Asia
Spanish Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Swahili Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Swedish Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Tagalog Kuwait
- Kuwaitcountry in West Asia
Tamil குவைத், குவெய்த்
- குவைத் (kuvait)country in West Asia
- குவெய்த் (kuveyt)country in West Asia
Thai คูเวต
- คูเวต (kuu-wèet)country in West Asia
Turkish Kuveyt
- Kuveytcountry in West Asia
Ukrainian Куве́йт
- Куве́йт (Kuvéjt)country in West Asia
Urdu کُوَیت
- کُوَیت (kuvait)country in West Asia
Vietnamese Cô-oét
- Cô-oétcountry in West Asia
Yiddish קוּווײַט
- קוּווײַט (kuvayt)country in West Asia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Kuwait
Cite this entry
Kuwait. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kuwait
“Kuwait.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kuwait. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kuwait,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kuwait.
Source: Kuwait on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.