Kurdistan

[ kur-duh-stan; Persian koor-di-stahn ]

/ ˈkɜr dəˌstæn; Persian ˌkur dɪˈstɑn /

noun

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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Dincer expects calls for an independent Kurdistan to grow louder as a consequence of the fighting.
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But I keep hearing that Kurdistan will gain its independence and this will be over.
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Next to these come those made at Kerman, the design being quite different to those of Kurdistan.
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The whole country had previously been included by the Babylonians in Gutium or Kurdistan.
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But there is still the Kurdistan river between us and Bebahan.
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This plain, the richest in Kurdistan, is also most beautiful.
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British Dictionary definitions for kurdistan

Kurdistan

Kurdestan or Kordestan

/ (ˌkɜːdɪˈstɑːn) /

noun

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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