Definitions

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  • noun A person from Kuwait or of Kuwaiti descent.
  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Kuwait or the Kuwaiti people.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to the capital of Kuwait or its residents
  • adjective of or relating to the kingdom of Kuwait or its people
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Kuwait

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Examples

  • RORY MAYBERRY, FORMER SUBCONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE, FIRST KUWAITI: I believe these men were kidnapped by First Kuwaiti to work in the U.S. embassy.

    CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2007 2007

  • SHEIKH SAAD AL-ABDULLA AL-SABAH, KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE: In my name, and in the name of the Kuwaiti people, we come to the American embassy in Kuwait to express our feelings and to deplore these attacks which happened in the United States.

    CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2001 2001

  • It might seem obvious that 4 female MPs, a great moment in Kuwaiti history, is change enough but we must look more closely to see even more change.

    Global Voices in English » Kuwait: Election History: Four Women Win Parliament Seats 2009

  • Premium gasoline costs eighty-seven cents a gallon — or, to put that in Kuwaiti currency (at $3.34 to the dinar), nothing.

    The Backside of War P. J. O'Rourke 2003

  • Premium gasoline costs eighty-seven cents a gallon — or, to put that in Kuwaiti currency (at $3.34 to the dinar), nothing.

    The Backside of War P. J. O'Rourke 2003

  • The papers name a Kuwaiti major, a member of the ruling Kuwaiti al-Sabbah family, as his “handler”, and state that he was also tasked to “perform terrorist acts inside and outside Iraq.”

    25 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • The papers name a Kuwaiti major, a member of the ruling Kuwaiti al-Sabbah family, as his “handler”, and state that he was also tasked to “perform terrorist acts inside and outside Iraq.”

    abu nidal = al CIA-duh 2008

  • On Thursday, they were driving the last of 360 miles south to K-crossing, what soldiers call the Kuwaiti line.

    Stars and Stripes 2010

  • Plz do not miss MONYA, this is so called Kuwaiti girl who is a doctor and a singer.

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

  • The kind of Kuwaiti who loses sleep at night because of the concern that increasing numbers of more Kuwaitis can't draw a separating line between Hamas and innocent Palestinians in Gaza.

    unknown title 2009

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