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Kurdistan

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1. Kurdistan - Noun

2. Kurdistan - Proper noun

Meaning

an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability

an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus

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I first visited Kurdistan in 2003. I arrived in the town of Sulaimaniyah, courtesy of smugglers who drove me across the border from Iran. Sulaimaniyah was a small, charming provincial Kurdish town. Luke Harding

We are trying to persuade all the Iraqi opposition to come breathe freedom in Iraq and use liberated Kurdistan as a base for our common struggle. Jalal Talabani

All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdistan. Raymond T. Odierno

Iranian intelligence services have acquired information that show the United States, Britain and Israel have been behind the unrest in various parts of Iran, including Khuzistan, Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan in the past few years. Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi

Because I worked as a newspaper reporter for about 14 years before attempting my first novel, I learned to write under almost any circumstances- by candle light, in longhand, in African villages where there was no power, under shelling in Kurdistan. Geraldine Brooks

Whenever we went out to film in the street we would end up in the police station and in the offices of some other security agency. They deliberately intimidated us. I moved to Kurdistan and changed my name and made my first feature film in Kurdistan with very basic resources. Hassan Blasim

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