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Kurd

noun [C]
 
 
/kɜːd/ US  /kɝːd/

Definition

a member of a group of Middle-Eastern people who are not Arabs, who live mostly in an area called Kurdistan, and who speak the Kurdish languagePeople of specific racial or ethnic background Kurdish
 
 
/ˈkɜː.dɪʃ/ US  /ˈkɝː-/ adjective
People of specific racial or ethnic background
(Definition of Kurd noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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