Kurdistan

noun3

1. •
   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 — 2010
2. •
   An autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.
3. •
   A province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region.