Kurdistan

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

/ ˈkɜr dəˌstæn; Persian ˌkur dɪˈstɑn /

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.

Example sentences from the Web for kurdistan

All the roads into Iraqi Kurdistan and toward Baghdad are closed and now the road toward Syria is also blocked.

Has the Kurdish Victory at Sinjar Turned the Tide of ISIS War? |Niqash |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Children are dear to their mothers, but our land, Kurdistan, is also dear to us.

Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass |Susannah George |December 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Dincer expects calls for an independent Kurdistan to grow louder as a consequence of the fighting.

PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help |Thomas Seibert |August 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has publicly come out for the independence of Kurdistan.

Why Iran Fears Iraq's Kurds |IranWire |August 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But I keep hearing that Kurdistan will gain its independence and this will be over.

My Non-First World Problems: Letters from Iraq |Andrew Slater |August 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Next to these come those made at Kerman, the design being quite different to those of Kurdistan.

Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia |M. E. Hume-Griffith
The whole country had previously been included by the Babylonians in Gutium or Kurdistan.

Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations |Archibald Sayce
This nomade race forms the principal part of the Mussulman population, and is the most fierce and independent in Kurdistan.

Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon |Austen H. Layard
But there is still the Kurdistan river between us and Bebahan.

A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 2 [of 2] |Anne Blunt
This plain, the richest in Kurdistan, is also most beautiful.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) |Isabella L. Bird

Kurdistan

/ (ˌkɜːdɪˈstɑːn) /

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)