1. Kirkuk - Noun
2. Kirkuk - Proper noun
a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean
Source: WordNetThe Arabs are victims. You have Shia Arabs, under Arabization under Saddam Hussein, who were forcibly moved up there... You have Kurds who were displaced by these Arabs that were moved up there by Saddam Hussein. Kurds have been displaced from Kirkuk for hundreds of years. Raymond T. Odierno
A Dec. 27 rocket attack near Kirkuk killed an American contractor and wounded U.S. and Iraqi soldiers. Source: Internet
A sequence of rockets aimed at the US presence in Iraq throughout the autumn was more nuisance than menace — until an attack last Sunday killed an American contractor at a base near Kirkuk. Source: Internet
In 1970 the Kurds rejected limited territorial self-rule within Iraq, demanding larger areas including the oil-rich Kirkuk region. Source: Internet
On Friday, more than 30 rockets were fired at an Iraqi military base near Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, killing an American civilian contractor and wounding four American and two Iraqi servicemen. Source: Internet
Here, too, are the great oil fields near Mosul and Kirkuk. Source: Internet