Corduena

Cordŭēna, ae, f., = Gorduênê, a district of Greater Armenia, now Kurdistan, Amm. 16, 8, 20 al.—Hence, Cordŭēni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Corduena, now the Kurds, Sall. H. 4, 60 Dietsch; Plin. 6, 15, 17, § 44; Sext. Ruf. Brev. 20.—Called also Gordyaei, ōrum, m., Curt. 5, 1, 14; cf. id. 4, 10, 8; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30.