Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Near East | Yes | No | No | No |
Koweit | Yes | No | No | No |
Near East (noun) | Koweit (noun) |
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the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century | an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum |
a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait |