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Kuwait
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officially State of Kuwait, independent sheikhdom (1995 pop. 1,575,983), 6,177 sq mi (16,000 sq km), NE Arabian peninsula, at the head of the Persian Gulf. Kuwait is bounded by Saudi Arabia on the south and by Iraq on the north and west. The capital is Al-Kuwait, or Kuwait (1991 pop. 150,100), a modern city. The capital’s port, Mina al-Ahmad, is a trade center with shipyards and oil refineries.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. (Copyright © 2002-2008 Columbia University Press.)
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Pronunciation:  k -w t´ from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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