KIRKUK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kirkuk mean? 

• KIRKUK (noun)
  The noun KIRKUK has 1 sense:

1. a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean

  Familiarity information: KIRKUK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIRKUK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Kirkuk" is a part of...):

Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)