KURDISTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kurdistan mean? 

• KURDISTAN (noun)
  The noun KURDISTAN has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: KURDISTAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KURDISTAN (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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))