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Examplestans

Examplestans is the plural of Examplestan.

Meaning of Examplestan

Proper noun

Examplestan (plural Examplestans)

  1. (informal, rare) A placeholder name for a country; a hypothetical country.
    • Okay, imagine that there's a guy who will, if given the chance, kill a few million of your people, and you could stop him, but he's living in Examplestan, and the Examplestani goverment says "oh, no, we're not going to let him attack you".2001 September 14, Peter Seebach, “Re: That event”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic (Usenet)

Questions about Examplestans

What is Examplestans the plural of?
Examplestans is the plural of Examplestan.

Words near Examplestans in the dictionary

  1. exampler
  2. examplers
  3. examples
  4. examples in point
  5. Examplestan
  6. Examplestans
  7. exampling
  8. exams
  9. examsmanship
  10. exanewton
  11. exanewtons

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