Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast Iraq southeast of Mosul. Built on the site of a settlement dating to 3000 BC, it is an agricultural market in an oil-producing region.
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- proper noun a
city in northeastIraq
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean
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Examples
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KIRKUK, Iraq -- I'm in the provincial headquarters building in downtown Kirkuk -- the oil-rich district of northern Iraq that is the most disputed corner of this country.
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KIRKUK, Iraq: I'm in the provincial headquarters building in downtown Kirkuk - the oil-rich district of northern Iraq that is the most disputed corner of this country.
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Ms. NERMEEN AL-MUFTI (Spokeswoman, Iraqi Turkmen Front): The first thing is Turkmen and Arabs, not only in Kirkuk - in Kirkuk, Diyala, Salahudeen, Mosul and Anbar - they are going to boycott it.
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Ms. NERMEEN AL-MUFTI (Spokeswoman, Iraqi Turkmen Front): The first thing is Turkmen and Arabs, not only in Kirkuk - in Kirkuk, Diyala, Salahudeen, Mosul and Anbar - they are going to boycott it.
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For some it's a blessing, but here in Kirkuk, it's a curse.
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For some it's a blessing, but here in Kirkuk, it's a curse.
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For some it's a blessing, but here in Kirkuk, it's a curse.
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But many of them take the money and move to another neighborhood in Kirkuk and bribe the local mayor to let them stay there illegally.
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But many of them take the money and move to another neighborhood in Kirkuk and bribe the local mayor to let them stay there illegally.
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Ms. NERMEEN AL-MUFTI (Spokeswoman, Iraqi Turkmen Front): The first thing is Turkmen and Arabs, not only in Kirkuk - in Kirkuk, Diyala, Salahudeen, Mosul and Anbar - they are going to boycott it.
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