Kurdistan

American  

[kur-duh-stan, koor-di-stahn] / ˈkɜr dəˌstæn, ˌkur dɪˈstɑn /

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.

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Kurdistan British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

On Saturday, authorities in Kuwait and in the city of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan said airport facilities had been damaged in strikes.

From Barron's

Iraq’s northern route had been halted until this week, when Iraq and the semiautonomous region of Kurdistan reached an agreement to resume the exports through Turkey.

From MarketWatch

Separately, Iraq reached an agreement to export its oil through the Kurdistan region to Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, far from the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iraq and Kurdistan agreed to new oil export routes, but damage to Iranian processing infrastructure could still cause extended disruptions.

From Barron's

Baghdad and Kurdish city Erbil have agreed to export Iraqi oil through the Kurdistan region to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

From Barron's