Failaka Island (Arabic: جزيرة فيلكة‎ jazīrät failakä) is an island that belongs to Kuwait in the Persian Gulf. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region is an extension of the The island is 20 km off the coast of Kuwait City in the Persian Gulf. Kuwait City ( Arabic: مدينة الكويت Transliteration: Madīnat al-Kūwait) is the Capital and largest The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region is an extension of the It is thought the name "Failaka" is derived from the ancient Greek for outpost, "fylakio". ^[1]

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• Kuwaiti-Slovak Archaeological Mission (KSAM)
• nautical description
• BBC News article

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