Kuwait

English Alternative forms en Koweit Kowait obsolete en Kuwayt Etymology From en ar الْكُوَيْت, diminutive of ar اَلْكُوت. Pronunciation en RP /k(j)uːˈweɪt/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Kuwait.wav UK ko͝o-wātʹ GA, en /kuːˈweɪt/ /kʊˈweɪt/ en en-us-Kuwait.ogg US en /kʊˈʋɛːt̪/ North India compare Hindi कुवैत en /kʊˈʋejt̪/ South India en eɪt eɪθ<a:South India> 2 Proper noun en Q817en country r/West Asia in the r/Middle East State of Kuwait Kuwait City. en Haley Britzky No warning, no siren: Six US service members killed in Iranian strike that hit makeshift operations center in Kuwait w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/politics/six-soldiers-killed-in-iranian-strike-kuwait 2026-03-02 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260306063427/https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/politics/six-soldiers-killed-in-iranian-strike-kuwait en Kuwait City: en Kuwait City Q35178. Derived terms en Kuwaitise Kuwaitize Related terms en Kuwaiti Translations Q817 country in West Asia Abkhaz: ab Кувеит Afrikaans: af Koeweit Albanian: sq Kuvajt m, sq Kuvajti m definite Amharic: am ኩዌት Arabic: ar الْكُوَيْت f Gulf Arabic: afb الكويت f likwēt, il-kwēt Hijazi Arabic: acw الكُويت f alkuwēt Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܟܘܵܝܬ kwayt Armenian: hy Քուվեյթ Assamese: as কুৱেইট Asturian: ast Kuwait Azerbaijani: az Küveyt Bashkir: ba Кувейт Belarusian: be Куве́йт m, be Кувэ́йт m Bengali: bn কুয়েত Breton: br Koweit Bulgarian: bg Куве́йт m Burmese: my ကူဝိတ် Chinese: Cantonese: yue 科威特 fo1 wai1 dak6 Mandarin: cmn 科威特 Kēwēitè Czech: cs Kuvajt m Danish: da Kuwait n Dutch: nl Koeweit n Esperanto: eo Kuvajto Estonian: et Kuveit Farefare: gur Kuweet Finnish: fi Kuwait French: fr Koweït m Georgian: ka ქუვეითი German: de Kuwait n Greek: el Κουβέιτ n Gujarati: gu કુવૈત Hausa: ha Kwiyat f Kwìyât Hebrew: he כווית f kuwayt כְּוֵית / כְּווֵית Hindi: hi कुवैत m Hungarian: hu Kuvait Icelandic: is Kúveit n Ido: io Kuwait Indonesian: id Kuwait Interlingua: ia Kuwait Irish: ga Cuáit f Italian: il it Kuwait m Japanese: ja クウェート Kuwēto Kalenjin: kln Kuwait Kamba: kam Kuwait Kannada: kn ಕುವೈತ್ Kazakh: kk Кувейт Khmer: km គុយវ៉ែត Kikuyu: ki Kuwait Korean: ko ^쿠웨이트 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کووەیت Northern Kurdish: kmr Kuweyt Kyrgyz: ky Кувейт Lak: lbe Кувайт Lao: lo ຄູເວດ Latvian: lv Kuveita f Lithuanian: lt Kuveitas m Luhya: luy Kuwait Luo: luo Kuwait Macedonian: mk Кувајт m Malay: ms Kuwait Malayalam: ml കുവൈറ്റ്‌ Maltese: mt Kuwajt m Il-Kuwajt Marathi: mr कुवेत Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Кувейт Navajo: nv Kóóweiʼ Nepali: ne कुवेत Norman: nrf Kuwait Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kuwait n Nynorsk: nn Kuwait n Odia: or କୁଏତ Pashto: ps کويت m kowayt, ps کوېټ m kowayṭ Persian: Dari: prs کُوَیْت Iranian Persian: fa-ira کُوِیْت Polish: pl Kuwejt m Portuguese: pt Kuwait m, pt Kuait m, pt Kuaite m Punjabi: pa ਕੁਵੈਤ Romanian: ro Kuwait, ro Kuweit n Russian: ru Куве́йт m Samogitian: sgs Kuveits m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ку̏ва̄јт m Latin: sh Kȕvājt m Sinhalese: si කුවේටය Slovak: sk Kuvajt m Slovene: sl Kuvajt m Spanish: es Kuwait m Swahili: sw Kuwait Swedish: sv Kuwait n Tagalog: tl Kuwait Tajik: tg Қувайт Tamil: ta குவைத், ta குவெய்த் Tatar: tt Күвәйт Telugu: te కువైట్ Thai: th คูเวต Tibetan: bo ཁུ་ཝི་ཐི Turkish: tr Kuveyt Turkmen: tk Kuweýt Ukrainian: uk Куве́йт m Urdu: ur کُوَیت m Uyghur: ug كۇۋەيت Uzbek: uz Quvayt Vietnamese: vi Cô-oét Yiddish: yi קוּווײַט n See also Countries of the world Catalan ca: Pronunciation [w:v] ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Kuwait.wav Valencia Proper noun m ca Kuwait Q817 Derived terms ca kuwaitià Danish da: Proper noun da proper noun da Kuwait Q817 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi ar الْكُوَيْت. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Kuwait Q817 Declension sg Kuwait a 0 Derived terms fi kuwaitilainen German de: Pronunciation de /ˈkuːvaɪ̯t/ de /ˈkuːvɛɪ̯t/ /kuˈvɛɪ̯t/ /kuˈvaɪ̯t/ less common de De-Kuwait.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Kuwait Q817 Derived terms de Kuwaiter de kuwaitisch Indonesian id: Etymology id ar الْكُوَيْت, diminutive of ar اَلْكُوت. Proper noun id proper noun id Kuwait Q817 Noun Kuwaiti Adjective id adjective Kuwaiti See also Further reading Italian it: Alternative forms it Kuweit Etymology it. it ar الْكُوَيْت. Pronunciation Kuwàit,Kuwèit,Kuwéit,Kuvàit<r:DiPI> Proper noun m it Kuwait Q817 Derived terms it kuwaitiano References Malay ms: Etymology ms ar الْكُوَيْت, diminutive of ar اَلْكُوت. Proper noun ms proper noun ms Kuwait Q817 Noun Kuwaiti Adjective ms adjective Kuwaiti Norwegian Bokmål nb: 250px|thumb|A view of the marina in Kuwait. Etymology From nb ar الْكُوَيْت, diminutive of ar اَلْكُوت. Pronunciation nb /kʉˈʋaɪt/ nb nb-kuwait.ogg nb aɪt nb Ku wait Proper noun nb proper noun nb Kuwait Q817 nb Kuwait er et ørkenland Kuwait is a desert country nb capital city c/Kuwait 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 nb kuwaiter Kuwaiti person nb kuwaitisk Kuwaiti See also References “Kuwait” in Store norske leksikon Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Kuwait Q817 Related terms nn kuwaitar nn kuwaitisk, nn kuwaitsk Portuguese Alternative forms pt Kuait pt Kuaite uncommon pt Koweit Pronunciation Cu.aite + Proper noun m pt Kuwait Q817 Derived terms pt kuwaitiano Spanish es: Pronunciation kubait<ref:w>,ku.w̝ait<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Kuwait.wav> Proper noun m es Kuwait Q817 Derived terms es kuwaití References Further reading Países y capitales, con sus gentilicios | Diccionario panhispánico de dudas Estados Miembros | Naciones Unidas E_Conf.105_13_CRP.13_15_UNGEGN WG Country Names Document.pdf Swedish sv: Proper noun n sv Kuwait Q817 Related terms sv kuwaitier sv kuwaitisk sv kuwaitiska See also References saol Svensk MeSH Tagalog tl: Etymology tl en Kuwait, from tl ar الْكُوَيْت, diminutive of ar اَلْكُوت. Pronunciation Kuwéyt Proper noun Kuwáit kuweyt tl Kuwait Q817 Tatar Proper noun proper noun l tt Küwäyt tt Kuwait Q817 Declension nıñ ga nı ta tan