Raparin

Raparin
   This is a Kurdish word that means "uprising." Specifically, it refers to the Iraqi Kurdish uprising following the first Gulf War in 1991. The word has the connotation of rising up or jumping up in response to outside threats. It might also mean someone or an animal jumping out of its hiding place.

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