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Definition of Koweit
1. Noun. A seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Kuwait, State Of Kuwait
2. Noun. An Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum.
Group relationships: Arab League, Opec, Organization Of Petroleum-exporting Countries
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Group relationships: Middle East, Mideast, Near East, Gulf States, Asia
Terms within: Capital Of Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait City
Member holonyms: Kuwaiti
Lexicographical Neighbors of Koweit
Literary usage of Koweit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"Koweit, at the head of the Persian Gulf, has been taken under the protection of
... The Sheik of Koweit has been aided before in asserting his independence, ..."
2. The Persian Problem: An Examination of the Rival Positions of Russia and by Henry James Whigham (1903)
"... CHAPTER VII THE IMPORTANCE OF Koweit THOUGH Koweit is one of the cleanest and
most prosperous ports in the Gulf, there is nothing in the aspect of the ..."
3. All the Russias: Travels and Studies in Contemporary European Russia by Henry Norman (1903)
"But when the Schab reached Koweit she found a British gunboat already there, the
commander of which prohibited her from landing troops, and a British naval ..."
4. On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1904)
"... Koweit incident—Ways and communications — Activity in the field of commerce — The
... Koweit ..."
5. Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society by Bombay Geographical Society (1865)
"*t\\[ keep an eye on Koweit for future purposes. It is, in my opinion, liy no
means impossible that Koweit, under an effective development of the Gulf trade ..."
6. The New Map of Europe (1911-1914): The Story of the Recent European by Herbert Adams Gibbons (1914)
"The Sublime Porte suddenly remembered that Koweit was Ottoman territory, ...
But British warships and British bluejackets upheld the independence of Koweit! ..."