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Kirkuk

Kirkuk

11 6.8
An Iraqi city in the northeast known for rich oilfields and a pipeline to the Mediterranean
  • proper noun
: Kirkuk
  • The question of Kirkuk's final status remains among the touchiest issues concerning Iraq's future.
  • Kirkuk dispute
  • Kirkuk governorate
  • population in Kirkuk

This is no shit she there's there's there's fighting about start in Kirkuk, right.

Examples

  • On my trip to Iraq, I visited Kirkuk, a city known for its rich oil fields.

  • The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is strategically important due to its pipelines to the Mediterranean.

  • So within this bowl is the area of Kirkuk and Kirkuk is a majority is like this major oil producing region.

  • And he said that they needed bodies in Kirkuk, which is in northern Iraq, Kurdistan.

  • The northern city of Kirkuk offers the clearest illustration of the justice challenge in Iraq.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The Turkomans consider Kirkuk to be their own ancestral capital and cultural center.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Preventing Kirkuk from becoming a flashpoint will require compromises on a range of difficult issues.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Understanding the Turkoman claim to Kirkuk is essential to defuse a potentially explosive problem.

    Academic text (2007)

  • While demography might shift with time, Kirkuk's various communities have a long history of coexistence.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In April 2003, coalition forces and the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga liberated Kirkuk from Baathist control.

    Academic text (2007)

Surface Forms

Kirkuk main

Etymology

Kirkuk probably comes from old local words meaning 'fort' or 'citadel', so a helpful image is a long-standing strong town; that's why Kirkuk has been an important, strategic city and is known today for rich oilfields and key pipelines.