Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان ,Kurdistan [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] "land of the Kurds")[1] or Greater Kurdistan[2][3] is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the kurds form a prominent majority population[4] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based.[5] Geographically, kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges.[6]
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان ,Kurdistan [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] (listen); lit. "land of the Kurds")[3] or Greater Kurdistan[4][5] is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population[6] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based.[7] Geographically, Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges.[8]