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Stanistan

Stanistan proper noun: a hypothetical union of countries whose names end in the suffix -stan.

Proper noun

Stanistan

  1. A hypothetical union of countries whose names end in the suffix -stan.
    • [see title]2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023

Origin of Stanistan

From Stan (“country whose name ends in -stan”) + -istan.

Questions about Stanistan

What does Stanistan mean?
Stanistan means a hypothetical union of countries whose names end in the suffix -stan.
What part of speech is Stanistan?
Stanistan is a proper noun.

Words near Stanistan in the dictionary

  1. Stanislaviv
  2. Stanislavski
  3. Stanislavskian
  4. Stanislawski
  5. Stanislawskis
  6. Stanistan
  7. Stanistreet
  8. Staniszewski
  9. Staniszewskis
  10. stanitsa
  11. stanitsas

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