Kurdistan
[kur-duh-stan; Persian koor-di-stahn]
- 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).
- any of several types of rugs woven by the Kurds of Turkey or Iran.
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Contemporary Examples
All the roads into Iraqi Kurdistan and toward Baghdad are closed and now the road toward Syria is also blocked.
Children are dear to their mothers, but our land, Kurdistan, is also dear to us.
Dincer expects calls for an independent Kurdistan to grow louder as a consequence of the fighting.
The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has publicly come out for the independence of Kurdistan.
But I keep hearing that Kurdistan will gain its independence and this will be over.
Historical Examples
All accepted it, except a few, who either took refuge in the dominions of Rome, or fled to the mountain fastnesses of Kurdistan.
Unfortunately there are not only p. 219crags to cross, but the Kurdistan river has to be forded.
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 2 [of 2]Anne Blunt
But there is still the Kurdistan river between us and Bebahan.
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 2 [of 2]Anne Blunt
With them rebellion was extinguished for the time in Kurdistan.
Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and BabylonAusten H. Layard
Lake Van, on the confines of Kurdistan, is about 70 miles long and 28 miles broad.
TurkeyJulius R. Van Millingen
Kurdistan
Kurdestan or Kordestan
- 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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