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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Iran also attacked Iraqi Kurdistan where groups opposed to the Islamic Republic operate, according to conflict trackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The surname was taken from the town in Iraqi Kurdistan he and the other leaders of the network were from.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
They said the groups were hit in the Iranian city of Baneh in the Kurdistan region.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
"You are hearing my voice from Oromiyeh Central Prison, and this may be the last time you hear it," he says in a voice note obtained by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
It was the journey's end, yet such is the magic charm of Asia that I would willingly have turned back at that moment to the snowy plateaux of Armenia and the savage mountains of Kurdistan.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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