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A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there; for example, "Germans" are people of or from Germany. Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final s or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms.
Kuwait, [a] officially the State of Kuwait, [b] is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf , bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south . [ 15 ]
Common English country name: Kuwait; Official English country name: The State of Kuwait; Common endonym(s): List of countries and capitals in native languages; Official endonym(s): List of official endonyms of present-day nations and states; Adjectival(s): Kuwaiti; Demonym(s): Etymology: Name of Kuwait; International rankings of Kuwait; ISO ...
The following is a list of Kuwaitis (in order by occupation, and alphabetical order by last name), includes people of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Kuwait, of Kuwaiti descent or who produce works that are primarily about Kuwait.
From the 1970s onward, Kuwait scored highest of all Arab countries on the Human Development Index, [155] and Kuwait University, founded in 1966, attracted students from neighboring countries. Kuwait's theatre industry was renowned throughout the Arab world. [143] [155] At the time, Kuwait's press was described as one of the freest in the world ...
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
also: Countries: Kuwait: People: ... People from Kuwait City (1 C, 53 P) Kuwaiti prisoners and detainees (2 C, 3 P) U. People by university or college in Kuwait (3 C)
The country which was initially called (County of the) Ardennes named itself after its homonym capital city founded in 963. From Celtic Lucilem "small", German lützel, OHG luc(c)il, luz(z)il (cognate to English "little") and Germanic Burg: "castle" or "fortress", thus Lucilemburg: "little castle" or "little fortress".