Kurdistan
Americannoun
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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).
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any of several types of rugs woven by the Kurds of Turkey or Iran.
noun
Example Sentences
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They said the groups were hit in the Iranian city of Baneh in the Kurdistan region.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
In a French migrant camp, we heard the story of a young man from Ranya called Shwana, who had made the journey from Iraqi Kurdistan to the English Channel last year.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
In mid-March, Iraq and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region reached an agreement to resume crude exports through the pipeline, which ends at the port of Ceyhan in Turkey.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
A prison in Marivan, in western Iran’s Kurdistan province, was damaged when an airstrike hit a police station next to it, according to satellite imagery, verified social-media video and reports from human-rights organizations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The father of the latter had lost his occupation among the Jewish community on account of that, and this Eliyahu afterwards accompanied Stern on his journey to Mosul and Kurdistan.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
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