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Where does “-stan” come from?

-stan (English) comes from Classical Persian ـِستَان.

-stan (English): home of; place where one stays; used especially...

Definitions

  1. home of; place where one stays; used especially...

Ancestry of “-stan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianـِستَان—

Words derived from “-stan”

  • Londonistan
  • Absurdistan
  • Blogistan
  • Canuckistanian
  • Quebecistan
  • Trumpistan
  • Whitetrashistan
  • nerdistan
  • Sunnistan
  • Shiastan
  • Teabagistan
  • Talibanistan
  • Putinstan
  • Europistan
  • Canuckistan
  • Canuckistani
  • Dumbfuckistan
  • Trumpistan
  • bantustan
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