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Kurdistan

[kur-duh-stan, 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

/ ˌɜːɪˈɑː /

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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The disarmament process will start under tight security in Iraqi Kurdistan and is expected to take all summer.

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In the first significant step towards peace since the announcement, the PKK said a group of fighters will lay down arms this week in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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That is because Hani came to Northern Ireland as an asylum seeker from Kurdistan, like Hossam from Sudan.

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After 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a Kurdish homeland, the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, is ending its war against the Turkish state.

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Nestled in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan sits the picturesque village of Sergele.

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