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'stan

'stan is the alternative letter-case form of stan.

Meaning of stan

Noun (1)

stan (plural stans)

  1. (Internet, derogatory, sometimes) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
    • K-pop stan

Noun (2)

stan (plural stans)

  1. (informal) A country, often ex-Soviet, whose name ends with -stan, such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, or Kazakhstan.
    • “There are a lot of former Soviet states – a lot of stans.”
      This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan[…].2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025

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Noun capitalized: 'Stan

'Stan (plural 'Stans)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of stan. (second etymology)

Forms of 'stan

plural'stans
plural'Stans

Questions about 'stan

What is 'stan the alternative letter-case form of?
'stan is the alternative letter-case form of stan.
What part of speech is 'stan?
'stan is a noun.
What is the plural of 'stan?
The plural of 'stan is 'stans.

Words near 'stan in the dictionary

  1. 'sposin'
  2. 'spro
  3. 'spros
  4. 'stache
  5. 'staches
  6. 'stan
  7. 'stans
  8. 'stead
  9. 'straunt
  10. 'straunts
  11. 'Straya

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'stan (page history and authors); 'Stan (page history and authors); stan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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