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Kurdistan
(kʉr′di stan′, -stän′)
region in SW Asia inhabited chiefly by Kurds, occupying SE Turkey, N Iraq, & NW Iran
See Kurdistan in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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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