Kurdistan

[ kur-duh-stan; Persian 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

Fans from China, Nepal, Ukraine and Kurdistan were in attendance - and they were not there to see Grant Hanley.

From BBC

That conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has killed tens of thousands of people.

From Seattle Times

That conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has killed tens of thousands of people.

From Seattle Times

The team excavated the female Neanderthal in 2018 from inside a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan where the species had repeatedly returned to lay their dead to rest.

From Science Daily

The skull on which the model is based was found in Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.

From BBC