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Kurdistan
[ kur-duh-stan; Persian koor-di-stahn ]
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.
Kurdistan
/ 藢办蓽藧诲瑟藞蝉迟蓱藧苍 /
noun
- a large plateau and mountainous region, between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, south of the Caucasus. Area: over 29聽000 sq km (74聽000 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Nestled in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan sits the picturesque village of Sergele.
He estimates across Rochdale there are more than 20 businesses that are fronts for criminal organisations and he says he sees many of the same people from Iran, Iraq and Kurdistan working in them.
The PKK - or Kurdistan Workers' Party - has waged an insurgency since 1984, and is proscribed as a terrorist group in Turkey, the EU, UK and US.
The advertisements - initially focused on the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq - will be displayed on social media, apps and news websites.
Our minibus rattles as it takes us from Iraqi Kurdistan through Syrian oil fields, where jacks pumping crude oil line the roads.
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