Definitions

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  • adjective Pertaining to Kurdistan; Kurdish.
  • noun A person living in or originating from Kurdistan.

Etymologies

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From Kurdish kurdistanî.

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Examples

  • A KDP spokesman, speaking for the Kurdistani List, acknowledged that the Kurdish region has a problem with corruption and that the government hasn't accomplished enough in providing services.

    Top Kurdish Parties Face Poll Challenge 2009

  • Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters The biggest threat to the Kurdistani List is a group of former PUK members who are fed up with the party's leadership.

    Iraqi Kurds Head to the Polls 2009

  • The Change slate was polling 29.5% of the vote in the survey, not far behind the Kurdistani List's 32.7%.

    Top Kurdish Parties Face Poll Challenge 2009

  • The answer is to places like Facebook and forums like Roj Bash Kurdistan and The Kurdistani Forum.

    Where Have All the Kurdish Bloggers Gone? 2008

  • I've met a Kurdistani woman while attending NYU back in the better days and I must admit, she was one of the most beautiful women I've ever laid lusting eyes on, Praise Allah, or whoever--and brilliant to boot, so maybe that's it; the Kurds are arrogant because they are a hell of a lot better educated and prettier than a damn flatlander Turks.

    Followups AND REALLY AUG. 7th POST REALLY The Daily Growler 2006

  • Thanks to the quick thinking of their Kurdistani translator, he reported on CNN today, they were all eventually released.

    Boing Boing: April 6, 2003 - April 12, 2003 Archives 2003

  • Kurdistani said the current study could not have been done if not for the collaborative and multi-disciplinary research within the Jonsson Cancer Center and UCLA.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "If you can uncover the mechanism of how the histone modifications are associated with cancer development and/or progression, you may be able to design strategies to interfere with that process," Kurdistani said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Kurdistani and Seligson, also authors on the study, previously used the test to identify the same histone modifications in subsets of patients with prostate, kidney and lung cancers.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Maliki seemed to be breaking some news: He kept referring to the 'National Coalition' to describe a soon-to-be-announced parliamentary bloc consisting of his own slate (89), the INA (70), the Kurdistani (43) and Tawafuq (6).

    Talisman Gate بـاب الطلــسم Nibras Kazimi نبراس الكاظمي 2010

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