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What does the "-stan" mean in Kazakhstan,

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What does the "-stan" mean in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan. . .etc

 

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June 26 2006 at 11:55 AM (18 minutes and 53 seconds later)
         
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The suffix 'stan' or 'istan' means 'land'. So, for example, Afghanistan means 'land of the Afghans'.

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