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Kirkuk

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Kirkuk

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Borrowed from Kurdish Kerkûk / کەرکووک (kerkûk), from Arabic كَرْكُوك (karkūk), from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ (karḵā), from Aramaic כַּרְכָא (karḵā), from either Demotic Egyptian grg or from the root ܟ ܪ ܟ (k r k) related to encircling.

proper noun

  1. A city in northeastern Iraq.
  2. A governorate in northeastern Iraq.

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name a city in northeast Iraq

한국어키르쿠크 kireukukeu
РусскийКиркук Kirkuk
العربيةكَرْكُوك karkūk

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"Kirkuk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kirkuk. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kirkuk. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kirkuk

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"Kirkuk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kirkuk.

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@misc{kirkuk_2026,
  title = {Kirkuk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kirkuk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}