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KURDISTAN [2 records]

Record 1 2022-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

[A] region of eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria that is largely inhabited by Kurds ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Région de montagnes et de plateau de l'Asie occidentale [...] s'étendant en Turquie orientale, en Iraq du Nord et du Nord-Est, en Iran et en Syrie[, et qui est] peuplée en majorité par les Kurdes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que, según recoge el Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, la "i" que aparece como apoyo vocálico para evitar la confluencia de tres consonantes en la pronunciación está presente en los topónimos españoles que contienen el sufijo "-stán" ("país de"), como Afganistán, Kurdistán, Tayikistán, Turkmenistán, Uzbekistán, etcétera.

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Record 2 2022-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
IR-12
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A province of Iran.

OBS

IR-12: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
IR-12
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Province d'Iran.

OBS

IR-12 : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • Kordestan

Spanish

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