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Countries whose name in their native language has the suffix -stan. -stan ( Persian: ـستان; stân, [n 1] estân or istân [n 2]) has the meaning of "a place abounding in" [1] or "a place where anything abounds" as a suffix. [2] It originated in the Persian language, but is widely used by other Iranian languages as well as the Shaz Turkic ...
Jul 1, 2014 · Welcome to Stanistan – Foreign Policy. This article was published more than 9 years ago. Argument. An expert's point of view on a current event. Welcome to Stanistan. Behold the power of...
Mar 3, 2023 · The first clue is their location, all 7 countries can be found in central Asia. ‘Stan’ comes from the Persian word for “place of” or “country” which derives from the word sta or ‘to stand’. All 7 -stans are contiguous with modern Iran, which is the modern successor state to Persia. See map below:
Aug 5, 2020 · 1.42M subscribers. Subscribed. 1M views 3 years ago. Do you stan Stanistan, the imperial land of land? Twitch chat UNITES places around the world (EU4) • Twitch chat UNITES places around the ...
May 22, 2018 · Meet the Stans: An Introduction to the Former Soviet Republics of Central Asia — The Observer. Rebecca Frost. 22 May 2018. President Vladimir Putin meeting with leaders from Central Asia at the 2016 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State, held in Uzbekistan.
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, [4] and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [5]
Mar 27, 2019 · The five Central Asian republics, henceforth referred to as the “Stans” (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), are situated in a strategic region of the world.
