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KURDISTAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Kurdistan" is a kind of...):
carpet; carpeting; rug (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))
Sense 2
Meaning:
An extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Kurdistan"):
Iraqi Kurdistan (the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq)
Kurd (a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state)
Domain member region:
Jund-ul-Islam; Soldiers of God (an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda)
Holonyms ("Kurdistan" is a part of...):
Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)
Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)
Syria; Syrian Arab Republic (an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization)
Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)
