Kurdistan

American  

[kur-duh-stan, koor-di-stahn] / ˈkɜr dəˌstæn, ˌkur dɪˈstɑn /

noun

1. a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).

2. any of several types of rugs woven by the Kurds of Turkey or Iran.

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Kurdistan British  

/ ˌkɜːdɪˈstɑːn /

noun

1. a large plateau and mountainous region, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, south of the Caucasus. Area: over 29 000 sq km (74 000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Attacks on oilfields were reported in southern Iraq and in the northern autonomous Kurdistan region, which forced a US-run oilfield to cease production, while the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have started reducing output.

From Barron's

On a deserted road not too far from the border between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, Satar Barsirini looked up at the sky, now streaked with jets and drones.

From Barron's

“We cannot move from here to there unless the airspace is cleared,” said Hana Yazdanpana, an official with the Kurdistan Freedom Party, or PAK, another armed Iranian Kurdish group based in Iraqi Kurdistan.

From The Wall Street Journal

Armed support from Azerbaijan and Iraqi Kurdistan could make the challenge more formidable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Arash Saleh, the US representative of one of the groups, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, said his movement was seeking a federal Iran.

From Barron's