Kurdistan
专有名词
英 /ˌkɜːdɪˈstɑːn/
美 /ˈkɜːɹdɪˌstæn/
英文释义
专有名词
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A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
— He was nicknamed Chemical Ali by Iraqi Kurds, who also called him the Butcher of Kurdistan
- 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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衍生词
词源
Either from Northern Kurdish Kurdistan or from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān), equivalent to Kurd + -istan.
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