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multistan

multistan noun: a person who is a stan (“obsessive fan”) of multiple people or things, especially K-pop performers.

Noun (1)

multistan (plural multistans)

  1. (slang) A person who is a stan (“obsessive fan”) of multiple people or things, especially K-pop performers.
    • another day of stays [Stray Kids stans] and army [BTS stans] fighting😪 TIRED of being a multistan2023 December 4, @vx_lust, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2024
    Synonyms:
    multi

Noun (2)

multistan (plural multistans)

  1. (South Africa, historical) A proposed special territory in apartheid-era South Africa in which racial laws are repealed and the authority of the central government is reduced, advocated as a policy by Paul N. Malherbe.

Synonyms of multistan

Forms of multistan

pluralmultistans
alternative formmulti-stan
alternative formMultistan

Origin of multistan

From multi- + stan (“obsessive fan”).

From multi- + -stan, possibly modelled after bantustan. Coined by Paul N. Malherbe in his 1974 book Multistan: A Way Out of the South African Dilemma.

Questions about multistan

What does multistan mean?
Multistan means a person who is a stan (“obsessive fan”) of multiple people or things, especially K-pop performers.
What part of speech is multistan?
Multistan is a noun.
What is the plural of multistan?
The plural of multistan is multistans.

Words near multistan in the dictionary

  1. multistained
  2. multistakeholder
  3. multistakeholders
  4. multistall
  5. multistaminate
  6. multistan
  7. multistandard
  8. multistandards
  9. multistans
  10. multistarrer
  11. multistarrers

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