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Posted by Bruce Kahl March 19, 2004In reply to "Stan" as in Afghanistan, Pakistan ect... posted by Bruce Kahl on March 19, 2004

Does anyone know the meaning of the "stan" part of Afghanistan, Pakistan, ect....

The suffix "stan" is an ancient Persian and/or Farsi word meaning country, nation, land, or place of, so, the country name of Afghanistan would then mean "homeland" of the Afghans, or place of the Afghans.

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