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Kurdistan

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Kur⋅di⋅stan

  [kur-duh-stan; Pers. koor-di-stahn]
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–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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Kurd·i·stan   (kûr'dĭ-stān', kŏŏr'dĭ-stän')   
An extensive plateau region of southwest Asia. Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, it has been divided among southeast Turkey, northeast Iraq, and northwest Iran, with smaller sections in Syria and Armenia.
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