Kurdistan
Meanings
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- A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
- An autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
- A province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
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Etymology
Either from Northern Kurdish Kurdistan or from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān), equivalent to Kurd + -istan.
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