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Kurdistan (general region) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 044 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 44.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Plateau and mountain region populated chiefly by Kurds; area includes eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, and smaller sections of northern Syria and Armenia. |
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Kurdistan (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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Kurdistan (Kurdish (transliterated))
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Kurdestān (C,V)
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Kordestān (C,V,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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Kurdish (C,O)
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כורדיסתאן (C,U,Hebrew )
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Kurdistān (C,U,O,Arabic (transliterated)-P)
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Ardalan (C,U,Persian-Farsi (transliterated))
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Ardelan (C,U,Persian-Farsi (transliterated))
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Kūrdistān (C,U,Arabic (transliterated))
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Kürdistan (C,U,Turkish-P)
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Kurds (C,U)
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كُردِستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)
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اَردَلَن (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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اَردِلَن (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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كوردستان (C,U,Kurdish)
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كوردستان (Arabic)
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كردستان (C,U,Arabic-P)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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