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Kurdistan
kur-dih-STAHN
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The broad cultural and geographic region of West Asia where the Kurdish people are the majority, spanning parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
"Kurdistan has never existed as a single unified state, despite being home to tens of millions of Kurds."
"Her grandparents fled Kurdistan during a period of political upheaval."
2
The autonomous Kurdish-governed region in northern Iraq.
"The Kurdistan Region has its own parliament and security forces within Iraq."
"They flew into Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe historic homeland of the Kurds — sometimes a specific autonomous region, sometimes the wider cultural area.
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Etymology
From "Kurd" plus the Persian-derived suffix "-istan," meaning "land of."