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 The Question:
Many of the countries in the news end with the suffix "stan." It
must mean something. Do you know?
The Answer:
According to Webster's dictionary, the suffix "stan" is Persian
for "country." Afghanistan translates as "country of the
Afghans."
Learn more about Persian in our
encyclopedia. Or read profiles of the "Stans" in Countries of the World.
—The Editors Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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