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stans

stans is the plural of stan.

stans is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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: Stans

Stans

  1. (plural) plural of Stan
  2. (informal) usually "the Stans", the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Proper noun capitalized: Stans

Stans

  1. A municipality and town, the capital of Nidwalden canton, Switzerland.
  2. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.

Phrases with stans

Questions about stans

What does stans mean?
Stans means usually "the Stans", the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
What is stans the plural of?
Stans is the plural of stan.
What part of speech is stans?
Stans can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near stans in the dictionary

  1. Stanos
  2. Stanovoy
  3. stanozolol
  4. Stanphill
  5. Stanphills
  6. stans
  7. Stansberry
  8. Stansberrys
  9. Stansbury
  10. Stansburys
  11. Stansel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stans (page history and authors); Stans (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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