kurd

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kurd - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kurd \Kurd\, prop. n.
     A member of a people who inhabit a mountainous region of
     Western Asia, sometimes referred to as Kurdistan, spread over
     an area including adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq,
     Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Syria. The people of this region
     speak Kurdish and are mostly Moslem. [Written also Koord.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

kurd - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Kurd
      n 1: a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in
           Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state