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Stanistan
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English
Etymology
From en stan<alt:Stan><id:-stan><t:country whose name ends in en -stan> -istan.
Proper noun
A hypothetical union of countries whose names end in the suffix en -stan.
en Frank Jacobs Welcome to Stanistan w:Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/01/welcome-to-stanistan/ 2014-07-01 [see title] https://web.archive.org/web/20251021010603/https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/01/welcome-to-stanistan/ 21 October 2025
en
en Fictional locations
en placeholder terms