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    STATE OF KUWAIT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleumplay

    Synonyms:

    Koweit; Kuwait; State of Kuwait

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Meronyms (parts of "State of Kuwait"):

    capital of Kuwait; Koweit; Kuwait; Kuwait City (a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait)

    Meronyms (members of "State of Kuwait"):

    Kuwaiti (a native or inhabitant of Kuwait)

    Holonyms ("State of 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 ("State of 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)

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