阿尔库特

阿爾庫特

Ā'ěrkùtè

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Meanings

1 Al Kut (city in eastern Iraq, capital of Wasit Province)
2 Alcott (as a foreign surname transliteration)

Characters

(phonetic prefix; original meaning 'big mound')

you (literary); phonetic '-r-'

warehouse (used phonetically: 'ku')

special (used phonetically: '-t')

Examples

阿尔库特是伊拉克的一个城市。

Ā'ěrkùtè shì Yīlākè de yí ge chéngshì.

Al Kut is a city in Iraq.

新闻报道了阿尔库特发生的事件。

Xīnwén bàodào le Ā'ěrkùtè fāshēng de shìjiàn.

The news reported on events that took place in Al Kut.

Tips

culture

Most likely Al Kut (الكوت), a Tigris-river city in Iraq. It became internationally known during WWI for the Siege of Kut (1915-16), and resurfaced in news during the 2003 Iraq War. The transliteration uses the standard 阿 (a-prefix), 尔 (-r-), 库 (ku), 特 (-t) building blocks for Arabic place names.

Stroke Order

阿 ā

尔 ěr

库 kù

特 tè