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say it: KUR-di-stan
kurdistan is a noun meaning "an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus". It is pronounced /ˈkɝdɪˌstæn/ — KUR-di-stan. It carries 2 recorded senses.
an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus
an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for kurdistan come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.