Kuwait

English

Alternative forms

• Koweit (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kjuːˈweɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kuːˈweɪt/, /kʊˈweɪt/, enPR: ko͝o-wātʹ

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪt
• enPR: ko͝o-wītʹ

Proper noun

Kuwait

2. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait.
3. Alternative form of Kuwait City, the capital city of Kuwait.

Related terms

• Kuwaiti

Translations

country in the Middle East

• Albanian: Kuvajt m
• Amharic: ኩዌት (kuwet)
• Arabic: الْكُوَيْت‎ (ar) f (al-kuwayt)

  Gulf Arabic: الكويت‎ f (likwēt, il-kwēt)

  Hijazi Arabic: الكُويت‎ f (alkuwēt)

• Armenian: Քուվեյթ (Kʿuveytʿ)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܟܘܵܝܬ‎ (kwayt)
• Assamese: কুৱেইট (kueit)
• Azerbaijani: Küveyt (az)
• Bashkir: Кувейт (Kuveyt)
• Belarusian: Куве́йт m (Kuvjéjt), Кувэ́йт m (Kuvéjt)
• Bengali: কুয়েত (bn) (kuẏet)
• Breton: Koweit
• Bulgarian: Куве́йт (bg) m (Kuvéjt)
• Burmese: ကူဝိတ် (kuwit)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 科威特 (fo¹ wai¹ dak⁶)

  Mandarin: 科威特 (zh) (Kēwēitè)

• Czech: Kuvajt (cs) m
• Danish: Kuwait (da) n
• Dutch: Koeweit (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kuvajto (eo)
• Estonian: Kuveit (et)
• Farefare: Kuweet
• Finnish: Kuwait (fi)
• French: Koweït (fr) m
• Georgian: კუვეიტი (ḳuveiṭi)
• German: Kuwait (de) n
• Greek: Κουβέιτ (el) n (Kouvéit)
• Gujarati: કુવૈત (kuvait)
• Hausa: Kwìyât f
• Hebrew: כְּוֵית / כְּווֵית‎ f (kuwayt)
• Hindi: कुवैत (hi) m (kuvait)
• Hungarian: Kuvait (hu)
• Icelandic: Kúveit (is) n
• Ido: Kuwait (io)
• Indonesian: Kuwait (id)
• Interlingua: Kuwait
• Irish: Cuáit f
• Italian: il Kuwait (it) m
• Japanese: クウェート (ja) (Kuwēto)
• Kalenjin: Kuwait
• Kamba: Kuwait
• Kannada: ಕುವೈತ್ (kn) (kuvait)
• Kazakh: Кувейт (Kuveit)
• Khmer: គុយវ៉ែត (kuyvaet)
• Kikuyu: Kuwait
• Korean: 쿠웨이트 (ko) (Kuweiteu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kuweyt (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Кувейт (ky) (Kuveyt)
• Lak: Кувайт (Kuwayt)
• Lao: ຄູເວດ (khū wēt)
• Latvian: Kuveita f
• Lithuanian: Kuveitas (lt) m
• Luhya: Kuwait
• Luo: Kuwait
• Macedonian: Кувајт (mk) m (Kuvajt)
• Malay: Kuwait
• Malayalam: കുവൈറ്റ്‌ (kuvaiṟṟ‌)
• Maltese: il-Kuwajt
• Marathi: कुवेत (kuvet)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Кувейт (mn) (Kuvejt)

• Navajo: Kóóweiʼ
• Nepali: कुवेत (kuvet)
• Norman: Kuwait
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Kuwait (no)

  Nynorsk: Kuwait (nn)

• Oriya: କୁଏତ (kuetô)
• Pashto: کويت‎ m (kowayt), کوېټ‎ m (kowayṭ)
• Persian: کویت‎ (fa) (koveyt)
• Polish: Kuwejt (pl) m
• Portuguese: Kuwait (pt) m, Kuait (pt) m, Kuaite m
• Punjabi: ਕੁਵੈਤ (pa) (kuvait)
• Romanian: Kuwait (ro), Kuweit (ro) n
• Russian: Куве́йт (ru) m (Kuvéjt)
• Samogitian: Kuveits m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ку̏ва̄јт m

  Roman: Kȕvājt (sh) m

• Sinhalese: කුවේටය (kuwēṭaya)
• Slovak: Kuvajt (sk) m
• Slovene: Kuvajt (sl) m
• Spanish: Kuwait (es) m
• Swahili: Kuwait (sw)
• Swedish: Kuwait (sv) n
• Tagalog: Kuwait
• Tajik: Қувайт (Quvayt)
• Tamil: குவெய்த் (kuveyt)
• Tatar: Күвәйт (Küwäyt)
• Telugu: కువైట్ (te) (kuvaiṭ)
• Thai: คูเวต (th) (kuu-wèet)
• Tibetan: ཁུ་ཝི་ཐི (khu wi thi)
• Turkish: Kuveyt (tr)
• Turkmen: Kuweýt
• Ukrainian: Куве́йт (uk) m (Kuvéjt)
• Urdu: کویت‎ m (kuvait)
• Uyghur: كۇۋەيت‎ (kuweyt)
• Uzbek: Quvayt (uz)
• Vietnamese: Cô-oét
• Yiddish: קוּווײַט‎ n (kuvayt)
• Yoruba: Kuweti

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kuˈvajt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kuˈbajt/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Kuwait m

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• kuwaitià

Danish

Proper noun

Kuwait

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic الْكُوَيْت‎ (al-kuwayt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuwɑi̯t/, [ˈkuwɑi̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -uwɑit
• Syllabification^(key): Ku‧wait

Proper noun

Kuwait

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Inflection of Kuwait (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Kuwaititta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Kuwait (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Kuwaitini	Kuwaitimme
2nd person	Kuwaitisi	Kuwaitinne
3rd person	Kuwaitinsa

Derived terms

• kuwaitilainen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːvaɪ̯t/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːvɛɪ̯t/, /kuˈvɛɪ̯t/, /kuˈvaɪ̯t/ (less common)

• Audio

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Proper noun

Kuwait n (proper noun, genitive Kuwaits or (optionally with an article) Kuwait)

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• Kuwaiter
• kuwaitisch

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈwajt/, /kuˈwɛjt/, /kuˈwejt/, /kuˈvajt/
• Rhymes: -ajt, -ɛjt, -ejt
• Syllabification: Ku‧wàit

Proper noun

Kuwait m

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• kuwaitiano

Norwegian Bokmål

A view of the marina in Kuwait.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉˈʋaɪt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Hyphenation: Ku‧wait

Proper noun

Kuwait

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

   Kuwait er et ørkenland

   Kuwait is a desert country

2. Kuwait (the capital city of Kuwait)

Usage notes

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

• kuwaiter (“Kuwaiti person”)
• kuwaitisk (“Kuwaiti”)

See also

• (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

• “Kuwait” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kuwait

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• kuwaitar
• kuwaitisk, kuwaitsk

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Kuait
• Kuaite (uncommon)
• Koweit

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈaj.t͡ʃi/ [kʊˈaɪ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈaj.t͡ʃi/ [kʊˈaɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈaj.te/ [kʊˈaɪ̯.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈwajt/

Proper noun

Kuwait m

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• kuwaitiano

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈwait/ [kuˈwai̯t̪], /kuˈbait/ [kuˈβ̞ai̯t̪]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ait
• Syllabification: Ku‧wait

Proper noun

Kuwait m

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• kuwaití

 

Swedish

Proper noun

Kuwait n (genitive Kuwaits)

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Tatar

Proper noun

Kuwait

1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

    declension of Kuwait

Nominative	Kuwait
Genitive	Kuwaitnıñ
Dative	Kuwaitga
Accusative	Kuwaitnı
Locative	Kuwaitta
Ablative	Kuwaittan