kurdistan
English Thesaurus
1. an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | carpet, carpeting, rug, |
| definition | : | floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) (noun.artifact) |
2. an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus (noun.location)
| part holonym | : | iraqi kurdistan, |
| definition | : | the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kurd, |
| definition | : | a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state (noun.person) |
| part meronym | : | iran, islamic republic of iran, persia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | syria, syrian arab republic, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | republic of turkey, turkey, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | jund-ul-islam, soldiers of god, |
| definition | : | an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda (noun.group) |
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