Kurdistan

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

/ ˈkɜr dəˌstæn; Persian ˌkur dɪˈstɑn /

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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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All the roads into Iraqi Kurdistan and toward Baghdad are closed and now the road toward Syria is also blocked.
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Children are dear to their mothers, but our land, Kurdistan, is also dear to us.
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Dincer expects calls for an independent Kurdistan to grow louder as a consequence of the fighting.
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The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has publicly come out for the independence of Kurdistan.
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But I keep hearing that Kurdistan will gain its independence and this will be over.
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The Porte was likewise under the necessity of using its arms against some tribes which had rebelled in Kurdistan.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The Ottoman Government is only now extending its power, as a practical thing, into Kurdistan at all.
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In Kurdistan the war was simply a large instance of the feuds that had always been fought out in the land since time began.
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Hamdi was not allowed to return to Kurdistan until after he was a grown man and had almost forgotten his native language.
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Shalmaneser's first campaign was against the restless tribes of Kurdistan.
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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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