noun
1. an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil
• Syn: ↑Qatar, ↑State of Qatar, ↑State of Katar
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arab League, ↑Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, ↑OPEC
• Part Holonyms: ↑Qatar, ↑Qatar Peninsula, ↑Katar Peninsula, ↑Gulf States, ↑Asia
• Part Meronyms: ↑Doha, ↑Bida, ↑El Beda, ↑capital of Qatar
2. a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
• Syn: ↑Qatar, ↑Qatar Peninsula, ↑Katar Peninsula
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑peninsula
• Part Holonyms: ↑Arabian Peninsula, ↑Arabia
• Part Meronyms: ↑Qatar, ↑State of Qatar, ↑State of Katar
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/kah"tahr, keuh tahr"/, n.
Qatar.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.