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Qatar

Qatar

53 3.2
A country on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf known for its oil wealth
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkætar/
translation icon : Catar
  • Some analysts estimate that 88 percent of Qatar's population is made up of migrant workers.
  • population of Qatar
  • Doha, Qatar
  • Qatar and the UAE

First of all, I think the big question is why are Gulf countries like Qatar investing so heavily in sports?

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Examples

  • We're planning on flying to Dubai, visiting Omen, Qatar, potentially some other countries in the region.

  • So when you spoke about the recent campaign in in Qatar, you told yourself a story.

  • We were in Qatar because you transfer from there into Iraq.

  • Even before the latest developments, analysts were asking whether Qatar would resign from the council.

    Academic text (1997)
  • First of all, I think the big question is why are Gulf countries like Qatar investing so heavily in sports?

  • Eighteen female pharmacy students received their Bachelor of Science degrees from Qatar University College of Pharmacy on November 30, 2011.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Erdogan has reached agreements with countries including Qatar, Russia and Saudi Arabia to help prop up central bank reserves.

Synonyms

State of Qatar
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A country in the Middle East with a lot of oil and gas and capital Doha

is the same but described simply with less geographic detail

Compounds

A piece of land that sticks into the Persian Gulf and makes most of Qatar

A country in the Middle East with a lot of oil and gas and capital Doha

Surface Forms

Qatar main

Etymology

Qatar comes from the Arabic name Qaṭar, the old local name for the land and the people on the small peninsula in the Persian Gulf. A helpful way to remember it is that Qatar was simply the place's own name for centuries, and that is why it is the name of the country today.