Kurdistan

[kur-duh-stan, koor-di-stahn]

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.

Kurdistan

/ 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)

Example Sentences

In its trailer, they found two teenage siblings from the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

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We soon learned that Jabal was also the name of one of the gang's leaders, all from the same area of Iraqi Kurdistan, near the city of Sulaymaniyah.

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Police in Iraqi Kurdistan have meanwhile arrested a key figure in the Foxtrot gang, according to Swedish radio.

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The disarmament process will start under tight security in Iraqi Kurdistan and is expected to take all summer.

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In the first significant step towards peace since the announcement, the PKK said a group of fighters will lay down arms this week in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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