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-stan

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Stan (disambiguation).

-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 languages (excluding Siberian Turkic) and other languages historically influenced by Persian. The suffix appears in the names of many regions throughout West, Central and South Asia, and parts of the Caucasus and Russia.[3]

  Countries whose name in English has the suffix -stan
  Other countries that have first-level divisions whose names in English have the suffix -stan.
  Countries whose name in their native language has the suffix -stan.

The derived suffix -standar (or ostandar) was used for administrative titles of -stan governors in Iran when the country was led by the Sasanian dynasty.[4][5]

Etymology and cognates edit

See also: Oikonyms in Western and South Asia

The suffix -stan is analogous to the suffix -land, present in many country and location names. The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian rigestân (ریگستان) "place of sand, desert", golestân (گلستان) "place of flowers, garden", gurestân (گورستان) "graveyard, cemetery",[6] Hindustân (هندوستان) "Land of the Indus".[7]

Originally an independent noun, this morpheme evolved into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in nominal compounds. It is of Indo-Iranian and ultimately Indo-European origin. It is cognate with the English word state, Polish stan (state), and with Sanskrit sthā́na (Devanagari: Sanskrit: स्थान [stʰaːnɐ]), meaning "the act of standing", from which many further meanings derive, including "place, location; abode, dwelling", and ultimately descends from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna-,[8] partly loaned into Ancient Greek as Ancient Greek: -στήνη (-stēnē).

Countries edit

Countries adopting the -stan suffix in both English and these countries' national languages include:

Some of these nations were also known with the Latinate suffix -ia during their time as Soviet republics: Turkmenistan was frequently Turkmenia, Kyrgyzstan often Kirghizia, and even Uzbekistan was very rarely Uzbekia.[9][10] In addition, the native name of Armenia is Hayastan, hay being the endonym of Armenians.

Country names in various languages edit

English Name Persian name Turkish name Armenian name Azerbaijani name Kazakh name Turkmen name Tatar name Uyghur name Bashkir name Hindi name Urdu name Uzbek name
  Armenia Armanestân – ارمنستان Ermenistan Hayastan – Հայաստան (native term: Hayk' – Հայք) Ermənistan — Ermenistan Ärmänstan – Әрмәнстан — Ärmänstan – Әрмәнстан Armanistān – अर्मनिस्तान Armanistān – ارمنستان Armaniston/Арманистон
  Bulgaria Bulgharestân – بلغارستان Bulgaristan — Bolqarıstan — — Bolğarstan – Болгарстан — Bolğarstan – Болғарстан Bulgharistān – बुल्ग़रिस्तान Bulgharistān – بلغارستان —
  China — — Čʿinastan – Չինաստան — — — — — — — — —
  Croatia — Hırvatistan — — — — -
(alternative Xırwatstan – Хырватстан)		 — Xırwatstan – Хыруатстан — — —
  England Engelestân – انگلستان Iṅglistān — इङ्ग्लिस्तान Iṅglistān — انگلستان
  Ethiopian Empire

(  Ethiopia and   Eritrea)

— -
(formerly Habeşistan) 		-
(formerly Habešstan – Հաբեշստան) 		-
(formerly Həbəşistan) 		— — -
(formerly Xäbäşstan – Хәбәшстан) 		-
(formerly Hebeshistan – ھەبەشىستان) 		-
(formerly Xäbäşstan – Хәбәшстан) 		— — -

(formerly Habashiston/Ҳабашистон)

  Georgia Gorjestân – گرجستان Gürcistan Vrastan – Վրաստան (native term: Virk' – Վիրք) Gürcüstan — — Görcistan – Гөрҗистан — Görjöstan – Гөржөстан Gurjistān – गुर्जिस्तान Gurjistān – گرجستان Gurjiston/Гуржистон
  Greece — Yunanistan Hunastan – Հունաստան Yunanıstan — — Yunanstan – Юнанстан — Yunanstan – Юнанстан — — Yunoniston/Юнонистон
  Hungary Majârestân – مجارستان Macâristan — Macarıstan Majarstan – Мажарстан Majarystan Macarstan – Маҗарстан — Мажарстан – Мажарстан Majāristān – मजारिस्तान Majāristān – مجارستان Mojariston/Можаристон
  India Hindustan – هندوستان Hindistan Hndkastan – Հնդկաստան Hindistan Ündıstan – Үндістан Hindistan Hindstan – Һиндстан Hindustan – ھىندىستان Hindostan – Һиндостан Hindustān – हिन्दुस्तान Hindustān – ہِنْدُوْسْتان Hindiston/Ҳиндистон
  Mongolia Mogholestân – مغولستان Moğolistan — — — — — Mağulstan – Мағулстан Maṅgōlistān – मङ्गोलिस्तान Maṅgōlistān – منگولستان Moʻgʻuliston/Мўғулистон
  Poland Lahestân – لهستان -
(formerly Lehistan)		 Lehastan – Լեհաստան — — — Läxstan – Ләхстан Lehistan – لەھىستان Lähstan – Ләhстан Lahistān – लहिस्तान Lahistān – لہستان —
  Russia — — Ṙusastan – Ռուսաստան — — — — — — — — —
  Saudi Arabia Arabestân-e Sa'udi – عربستان سعودی Suudi Arabistan — Səudiyyə Ərəbistanı — Saud Arabystany Sögüd Gäräbstanı – Согуд Гарәбстаны Se'udi Erebistan – سەئۇدى ئەرەبىستان Säğüd Ğäräbstanï – Сәғүд Ғәрәбстаны — — Saudiya Arabistoni/Саудия Арабистони
  Serbia Serbestân – صربستان Sırbistan — — — — -
(alternative Sırbstan – Сырбстан)		 — Sırbstan – Сырбстан — — —

Administrative divisions edit

The following table lists the subnational entities of different countries that end with -stan.

Administrative subdivisions edit

The following list shows some examples of some second-level, third-level, and fourth-level subdivisions inside different countries that have their names ending in a -stan-like suffix.

In Afghanistan edit

  1. ^ Various places share this name.

In Armenia edit

In India edit

In Iran edit

  1. ^ a b Various places share this name.
  2. ^ In the Persian language, Shahrestan is also a common noun that means "county". It is in the names of the counties of Iran.

Dehestan is the name of an administrative division in Iran.

In Pakistan edit

In Tajikistan edit

In other countries edit

Regions edit

Historical regions edit

  • Frangistan – a historical term used (by Muslims and Persians in particular) to refer to Western or Christian Europe.
  • Funjistan (Funj) - a historical empire ubicated in modern-day Sudan
  • Kabulistan – a historical name of the territory centered around present-day Kabul Province of Afghanistan.
  • Lazistan – a historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz people.
  • Moghulistan (Mughalistan) – a historical area in Central Asia that included parts of modern-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang
  • Tabaristan – a historical mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of Northern Iran.
  • Zabulistan – a historical region roughly corresponding to today's Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan.

Proposed names edit

Fictional edit

Other edit

  • Absurdistan – sometimes used to satirically describe a country where everything goes wrong
  • Angyalistan – a micronation that claims garbage patches in international waters
  • Autistan – the "metaphorical country" of the autistic people
  • Bailoutistan (or Bailoutistan 2.0) - sarcastic term for Greece following the European Union bail out packages, coined by Yanis Varoufakis in his book 'Adults in the Room: My Battle With the European and American Deep Establishment'
  • Bimaristan – a kind of hospital in medieval Persia and the medieval Islamic world
  • Bradistan – a moniker for Bradford, England, owing to its large population of Pakistani worker migrants
  • Canuckistan (full name being The People's Republic of Soviet Canuckistan) – epithet for Canada, used by Pat Buchanan on 31 October 2002, on his television show on MSNBC in which he denounced Canadians as anti-American and the country as a haven for terrorists. He was reacting to Canadian criticisms of US security measures regarding Arab Canadians[17]
  • Cavaquistan (Cavaquistão in Portuguese) – a name coined after the former Portuguese President and Prime-Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva, referring to the regions of Portugal where he achieved landslide victories in the elections held in the late 1980s and early 1990s (especially in the Viseu District[18]); intended pun with Kazakhstan (Cazaquistão in Portuguese[19])
  • Dalitstan.org – a Dalit advocacy website active until mid-2006,[20] one of 18 websites that were blocked by the Indian government to check for hate messages following the 2006 Mumbai train bombings.[21]
  • Extremistan and Mediocristan – used by author Nassim Nicholas Taleb to illustrate concepts of black swan theory in The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
  • Filmistan – a film-production company
  • Fondukistan or Fondoqestān – an early medieval settlement and Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan
  • Gazimestan – name of a monument commemorating the historical Battle of Kosovo
  • Hookturnistan – satirical name of Melbourne, Victoria, due to the large number of hook turns on city roads
  • Hamastan – a concept of a Palestinian Islamic government with Sharia as law
  • Iranistan – a pseudo-orientalist mansion built for P. T. Barnum in 1848 in Connecticut
  • Islamistan – means 'Land of Islam', used in various contexts
  • Londonistan – French counter-terrorism agents gave the British/English capital of London this sobriquet. Sometimes used derogatorily to refer to the large immigrant, especially Muslim, population in London.
  • Muristan – a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem
  • New Yorkistan – the title of the cover art for the 10 December 2001, edition of The New Yorker magazine
    • The New Yorkistan map itself included various districts ending in -stan, e.g., Bronxistan, Cold Turkeystan, Fuhgeddabouditstan, Gaymenistan, Taxistan, Youdontunderstandistan, etc.
  • Orbánistan – a derogatory term for Hungary under the rule of Viktor Orbán[22]
  • Paganistan – the pagan/neo-pagan community of Minneapolis-Saint Paul in Minnesota[23]
  • Quebecistan – a term coined by Barbara Kay in 2006 in reference to Quebec, Canada.
  • Sarvestan – a Sasanian-era palace in the Iranian province of Sarvestan
  • Shabestan – an underground space, usually found in the traditional architecture of mosques, houses, and schools in ancient Persia
  • Shahrestan (several meanings)
  • Skateistan – a skateboarding/educational organization based in Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Swedistan – a derogatory term for Sweden due to its growing immigration from Islamic countries. It is sometimes used by internet users to attack or offend Sweden.
  • Talibanistan – a name for the government of Afghanistan under the Taliban
  • Zaqistan – a micronation currently in Nevada

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Applies after a vowel.
  2. ^ Applies after a consonant.
  3. ^ The suffix -sthan is through Indic, not Iranic.

References edit

  1. ^ Hayyim, Sulayman (1892), "ستان", New Persian-English Dictionary, vol. 2, Tehran: Librairie imprimerie Béroukhim, p. 30, from the original on 28 October 2020, retrieved 25 October 2020 Quote= ستان (p. V2-0030) ستان (۲) Suffix meaning 'a place abounding in'. Ex. گلستان a flower or rose-garden. Syn. زار See گازار Note. This suffix is pronounced stan or setan after a vowel, as in بوستان boostan, a garden, and هندوستان hendoostan, India; and estan after a consonant. Ex. گلستان golestan, and ترکستان torkestan. However, for poetic license, after a consonant also, it may be pronounced setan. Ex. گلستان golsetan
  2. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph, "ستان", A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, p. 655, from the original on 28 October 2020, retrieved 25 October 2020, stān (after a vowel), istān (after a consonant), Place where anything abounds, as ḵẖurmāstān, A palm-grove, gulistān, A flower-garden, &c.
  3. ^ Ford, Matt (7 February 2014). "Kazakhstan's President Is Tired of His Country's Name Ending in 'Stan'". The Atlantic. from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ Daryaee 2014, p. 126.
  5. ^ Ghereghlou 2018.
  6. ^ Moshiri, Leila (1988). "English-Persian Glossary". Colloquial Persian. Routledge. p. 150. ISBN 0-415-00886-7.
  7. ^ Kapur, Anu (2019). Mapping Place Names of India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-429-61421-7.
  8. ^ Macdonell, A. A. (1929). A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press. p. 365. from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  9. ^ . Google Ngram. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023.
  10. ^ Becker, Seymour (2004). Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865–1924. Routledge. p. 553. ISBN 1-134-33582-2. As early as June 1920, Lenin had toyed with the idea of dividing Russian Turkestan into three national regions: Uzbekia, Kirgizia and Turkmenia.
  11. ^ "Turmoil in the North East: The demand for Bangalistan". SabrangIndia. 28 January 2020. from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Lebanese solution " 15 Jul 1978 " The Spectator Archive". The Spectator Archive. from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Lojbnaistan". lojban wiki. 4 November 2013. from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  14. ^ Cowan, John Waldemar (1997). "1". The Complete Lojban Language (First ed.). Fairfax, VA, US: The Logical Language Group. p. 3. ISBN 0-9660283-0-9. from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Stanistan (TV Movie 2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
  16. ^ Stuart, Keith (31 May 2019). "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare returns to tread a moral minefield". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  17. ^ Allan, Chantal (2009). Bomb Canada: And Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media. Athabasca University Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1-897425-49-7. soviet%20canuckistan%20arab%20canadians.
  18. ^ "Cavaquistão continua irredutível e a votar laranja ("Cavaquistan remains unyielding and voting orange") (in Portuguese)". Visão. 6 October 2019. from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  19. ^ Carla Fernandes (2016). Multimodality and Performance. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4438-9465-4. from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  20. ^ Dibyesh Anand (15 October 2011). Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-0-230-36263-5.
  21. ^ . The Times of India. 19 July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  22. ^ "The Ruler of Orbánistan". Aspen Institute Central Europe (in Czech). from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  23. ^ Pizza, Murphy (2009). "Schism as midwife: how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary Pagan community". In Lewis, James R.; Lewis, Sarah M. (eds.). (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 249–261. ISBN 978-0-511-58071-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011. [...] the Pagan community of the Minnesota Twin Cities, otherwise known by members as 'Paganistan.'

Sources edit

Further reading edit

  • Maciuszak, Kinga. The Persian Suffix -(e)stān 'The Land Of' Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 13 (2008): 119–140.

External links edit

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For other uses see Stan disambiguation stan Persian ـستان stan n 1 estan or istan 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 languages excluding Siberian Turkic and other languages historically influenced by Persian The suffix appears in the names of many regions throughout West Central and South Asia and parts of the Caucasus and Russia 3 Countries whose name in English has the suffix stan Other countries that have first level divisions whose names in English have the suffix stan Countries whose name in their native language has the suffix stan The derived suffix standar or ostandar was used for administrative titles of stan governors in Iran when the country was led by the Sasanian dynasty 4 5 Contents 1 Etymology and cognates 2 Countries 2 1 Country names in various languages 3 Administrative divisions 4 Administrative subdivisions 4 1 In Afghanistan 4 2 In Armenia 4 3 In India 4 4 In Iran 4 5 In Pakistan 4 6 In Tajikistan 4 7 In other countries 5 Regions 6 Historical regions 7 Proposed names 8 Fictional 9 Other 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Sources 14 Further reading 15 External linksEtymology and cognates editSee also Oikonyms in Western and South Asia The suffix stan is analogous to the suffix land present in many country and location names The suffix is also used more generally as in Persian rigestan ریگستان place of sand desert golestan گلستان place of flowers garden gurestan گورستان graveyard cemetery 6 Hindustan هندوستان Land of the Indus 7 Originally an independent noun this morpheme evolved into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in nominal compounds It is of Indo Iranian and ultimately Indo European origin It is cognate with the English word state Polish stan state and with Sanskrit stha na Devanagari Sanskrit स थ न stʰaːnɐ meaning the act of standing from which many further meanings derive including place location abode dwelling and ultimately descends from Proto Indo Iranian sthana 8 partly loaned into Ancient Greek as Ancient Greek sthnh stene Countries editThis article should specify the language of its non English content using lang transliteration for transliterated languages and IPA for phonetic transcriptions with an appropriate ISO 639 code Wikipedia s multilingual support templates may also be used See why January 2024 Countries adopting the stan suffix in both English and these countries national languages include nbsp Afghanistan افغانستان Afghanistan nbsp Kazakhstan Қazakstan Qazaqstan nbsp Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan nbsp Pakistan پاکستان Pakistan nbsp Tajikistan Toҷikiston Tojikiston nbsp Turkmenistan Turkmenistan nbsp Uzbekistan Ўzbekiston Oʻzbekiston Some of these nations were also known with the Latinate suffix ia during their time as Soviet republics Turkmenistan was frequently Turkmenia Kyrgyzstan often Kirghizia and even Uzbekistan was very rarely Uzbekia 9 10 In addition the native name of Armenia is Hayastan hay being the endonym of Armenians Country names in various languages edit English Name Persian name Turkish name Armenian name Azerbaijani name Kazakh name Turkmen name Tatar name Uyghur name Bashkir name Hindi name Urdu name Uzbek name nbsp Armenia Armanestan ارمنستان Ermenistan Hayastan Հայաստան native term Hayk Հայք Ermenistan Ermenistan Armanstan Әrmәnstan Armanstan Әrmәnstan Armanistan अर मन स त न Armanistan ارمنستان Armaniston Armaniston nbsp Bulgaria Bulgharestan بلغارستان Bulgaristan Bolqaristan Bolgarstan Bolgarstan Bolgarstan Bolgarstan Bulgharistan ब ल ग र स त न Bulgharistan بلغارستان nbsp China Cʿinastan Չինաստան nbsp Croatia Hirvatistan alternative Xirwatstan Hyrvatstan Xirwatstan Hyruatstan nbsp England Engelestan انگلستان Iṅglistan इङ ग ल स त न Iṅglistan انگلستان nbsp Ethiopian Empire nbsp Ethiopia and nbsp Eritrea formerly Habesistan formerly Habesstan Հաբեշստան formerly Hebesistan formerly Xabasstan Hәbәshstan formerly Hebeshistan ھەبەشىستان formerly Xabasstan Hәbәshstan formerly Habashiston Ҳabashiston nbsp Georgia Gorjestan گرجستان Gurcistan Vrastan Վրաստան native term Virk Վիրք Gurcustan Gorcistan Gorҗistan Gorjostan Gorzhostan Gurjistan ग र ज स त न Gurjistan گرجستان Gurjiston Gurzhiston nbsp Greece Yunanistan Hunastan Հունաստան Yunanistan Yunanstan Yunanstan Yunanstan Yunanstan Yunoniston Yunoniston nbsp Hungary Majarestan مجارستان Macaristan Macaristan Majarstan Mazharstan Majarystan Macarstan Maҗarstan Mazharstan Mazharstan Majaristan मज र स त न Majaristan مجارستان Mojariston Mozhariston nbsp India Hindustan هندوستان Hindistan Hndkastan Հնդկաստան Hindistan Undistan Үndistan Hindistan Hindstan Һindstan Hindustan ھىندىستان Hindostan Һindostan Hindustan ह न द स त न Hindustan ہ ن د و س تان Hindiston Ҳindiston nbsp Mongolia Mogholestan مغولستان Mogolistan Magulstan Magulstan Maṅgōlistan मङ ग ल स त न Maṅgōlistan منگولستان Moʻgʻuliston Myguliston nbsp Poland Lahestan لهستان formerly Lehistan Lehastan Լեհաստան Laxstan Lәhstan Lehistan لەھىستان Lahstan Lәhstan Lahistan लह स त न Lahistan لہستان nbsp Russia Ṙusastan Ռուսաստան nbsp Saudi Arabia Arabestan e Sa udi عربستان سعودی Suudi Arabistan Seudiyye Erebistani Saud Arabystany Sogud Garabstani Sogud Garәbstany Se udi Erebistan سەئۇدى ئەرەبىستان Sagud Garabstani Sәgүd Ғәrәbstany Saudiya Arabistoni Saudiya Arabistoni nbsp Serbia Serbestan صربستان Sirbistan alternative Sirbstan Syrbstan Sirbstan Syrbstan Administrative divisions editThe following table lists the subnational entities of different countries that end with stan Country amp first level of division Country subdivision name Provinces of Afghanistan Nuristan Districts of Azerbaijan Gobustan States of India Rajasthan n 3 Provinces of Iran Golestan Khuzestan Kurdistan Lorestan Sistan Baluchestan Governorates of Iraq Kurdistan Region Regions of Kazakhstan Turkistan Provinces of Pakistan Balochistan Gilgit Baltistan Republics of Russia Bashkortostan Dagestan Tatarstan Regions of Uzbekistan KarakalpakstanAdministrative subdivisions editThe following list shows some examples of some second level third level and fourth level subdivisions inside different countries that have their names ending in a stan like suffix In Afghanistan edit Arghistan Ajristan Gulistan Kohistan a Malistan Raghistan Shahristan Hazaristan Various places share this name In Armenia edit Burastan Dzorastan Mrgastan Aygestan In India edit Rajasthan Pratisthan In Iran edit Ardestan Bajestan Chamestan Dashtestan Golestan disambiguation Gulistan a Jovestan Khalajestan Larestan Lorestan Mehrestan Parchestan a Sarvestan Shahrestan b Takestan Tangestan Kordestan Sistan and Baluchestan Khuzestan Lorestan a b Various places share this name In the Persian language Shahrestan is also a common noun that means county It is in the names of the counties of Iran Dehestan is the name of an administrative division in Iran In Pakistan edit Kohistan North Waziristan South Waziristan In Tajikistan edit Buston Kuhistoni Mastchoh Shahriston Guliston In other countries edit Azerbaijan Gobustan town capital of Gobustan District Bangladesh Gulistan Kazakhstan Turkistan city capital of Turkistan Region Russia Bashkortostan Dagestan Tatarstan Turkey Elbistan Kurdistan Uzbekistan GulistanRegions editArabistan the name of the Arabian Peninsula and other meanings Arbayistan a late antiquity Sasanian satrap Asal Hindustan a name for the Kingdom of Nepal Asoristan the province of Babylonia under the Sassanid Empire Azadistan a short lived state in the Iranian province of Azarbaijan under Mohammad Khiabani Bashkortostan administrative division of Russia in eastern Europe Bashkurdistan national territorial autonomy during the Russian Civil War Balawaristan a revived historical name of Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan Balochistan Baluchistan a region in Iran Afghanistan and Pakistan Baltistan a northern region in Pakistan Bantustan an Apartheid era South African and South West African black homeland the term coined by analogy Cholistan Desert a desert region in Punjab Pakistan Dardistan a region in northern Pakistan of Dardu speakers Dihistan a Sasanian province East Pakistan the historic name for pre independence Bangladesh East Turkestan or Uyghuristan a region dominated by Uyghurs located in northwest China Gharchistan a medieval region in Afghanistan Hazaristan the Hazarajat homeland of the Hazaras in central Afghanistan Hindustan Persian name for India broadly the Indian subcontinent Indostan archaic usage in European languages for Hindostan Iraqi Kurdistan Kurdish populated part of northern Iraq Kadagistan Kadagistan was the name of an eastern Sasanian province in the region of Tokharistan in what is now north eastern Afghanistan Kafiristan land of the infidels historic region in Afghanistan until 1896 now known as Nuristan A similarly named region exists in north Pakistan Kohistan several regions of this name exist Kurdistan Kurdish region See also Iranian Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan and Turkish Kurdistan Lezgistan ethnolinguistic region in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan North Waziristan northern part of Waziristan region in Pakistan Pashtunistan the area of Afghanistan and North Western Pakistan historically inhabited by the Pashtun tribes Qabailistan a region in western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan Quhistan a region of medieval Persia essentially the southern part of Greater Khorasan Registan historic site in Samarkand meaning place of sand Russian Turkestan Turkestan in the Russian Empire later Turkestan Autonomous SSR Sakastan or Sistan a historical and geographical region in present day eastern Iran Sistan and Baluchestan Province and southern Afghanistan Saraikistan a region in the south western part of Punjab Pakistan with a majority of Saraiki speakers South Waziristan southern part of Waziristan region in Pakistan Talyshstan ethnolinguistic region in the SE Caucasus and NW Iran Tatarstan administrative division of Russia in eastern Europe Tokharistan Tocharistan or Tukharistan also known as Balkh or Bactria the ancient name of a historical region in Central Asia located between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya Oxus Turgistan or Turestan a Sasanian province Turkestan or Turkistan ethnolinguistic region of Turkic peoples and languages encompassing Central Asia northwest China parts of the Caucasus and Asia Minor Uyghurstan China same as East Turkestan Waziristan a region of northwest PakistanHistorical regions editFrangistan a historical term used by Muslims and Persians in particular to refer to Western or Christian Europe Funjistan Funj a historical empire ubicated in modern day Sudan Kabulistan a historical name of the territory centered around present day Kabul Province of Afghanistan Lazistan a historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia traditionally inhabited by the Laz people Moghulistan Mughalistan a historical area in Central Asia that included parts of modern day Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang Tabaristan a historical mountainous region located on the Caspian coast of Northern Iran Zabulistan a historical region roughly corresponding to today s Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan Proposed names editBangalistan a proposed state in India 11 Khalistan a proposed country for the Sikh people Maronistan a proposed name for Maronite state in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War 12 Romanistan a proposed country for the Romani people Saraikistan a proposed province in Pakistan Zazaistan a suggested name for the region where the Zazas live Fictional editAbsurdistan various Adjikistan a fictional central Asian country in the video game SOCOM U S Navy SEALs Combined Assault Aldastan a fictional central Asian country consisting of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan from Command amp Conquer Generals Antagonistan a fictional country in Heavy Weapon Ardistan a fictional country in the novel Ardistan und Djinnistan by Karl May Avgatiganistan a pun of Afghanistan it means Fried eggs Avga tiganista in Greek Fictional country by author Eugene Trivizas Azadistan a fictional kingdom from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00 it means free land Azmanastan or Uzmenistan a fictional country and region in the film The Expendables 3 Backhairistan the fictional homeland of Bolbi Stroganovsky a character from the cartoon series Jimmy Neutron Bananastan A fictional country from the Popeye the Sailor comic book series which was ruled by Saddam Shahame a parody of Saddam Hussein an Iraqi dictator Bangistan a fictional country in the Bollywood movie Bangistan 2015 starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat Bazrakhistan a fictional former Soviet republic in the movie Act of War 1998 starring Jack Scalia Belgistan a fictional Middle Eastern country in the anime Gasaraki Berzerkistan a fictional republic run by genocidal terrorist godhead and President for life Trff Bmzklfrpz in the comic strip Doonesbury Bilalistan a country in the film Lion s Blood Brajikistan a fictional country from season 2 of the teen sitcom Wingin It Capustan a fictional city state in Malazan Book of the Fallen Cobrastan a fake fictional country made up by a character named Jorji Costava in his passport from the game Papers Please Darujhistan a fictional city state in Malazan Book of the Fallen Derkaderkastan a fictional Middle Eastern country in Team America World Police Djinnistan a fictional country in the novel Ardistan und Djinnistan by Karl May Franistan a fictional country referred to in the television show I Love Lucy Frigistan a fictional country in Heavy Weapon Gohet Gostan a fictional country in Tiga Abdul Hachmachistan fictional country in Kickin It Helmajistan a fictional area from the anime Full Metal Panic Howduyustan how do you stand a fictional country from the Uncle Scrooge comic book stories Irakistan a fictional country in the game Broforce Iranistan an oriental region of Hyborea Conan the Barbarian stories Istan a fictional island state in the online role playing game Guild Wars Nightfall Jazeristan fictional country in the movie The Misfits Kabulstan a fictional very hostile third world country that does not like strangers MacGyver 1985 TV series Kamistan Islamic Republic of a fictional Middle Eastern country featured in the television series 24 Kazanistan an ideal state imagined by John Rawls in The Law of Peoples in which there is a system of law legal representation for all groups and a respect for basic human rights but not full democracy Kehjistan the state of the eastern jungles in the game Diablo II Kekistan a fictional country created by 4chan members that has become a political meme and online movement Kerakhistan a fictional Middle Eastern country featured in the tabletop miniature wargame Battlefield Evolution Kerplakistan fictional country in Big Time Rush Kreplachistan a fictional country in the Austin Powers film series Langtbortistan a fictional country in the Danish Donald Duck cartoons literally meaning far away in stan Lojbanistan the fictional country Lojbanists imagine themselves inhabiting 13 14 Moldovistan a fictional island country in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Obristan a fictional country in Papers Please Paristan or Pari estan a fairyland in the folklore of Middle East South Asia and Central Asia Porpoisestan a fictional hometown country where Pei Pei the Purple Panda lives here in the Thumb Wrestling Federation Pokolistan a fictional country in DC Comics Serdaristan a fictional country in Battlefield Bad Company Skandistan a fictional country in western Russia in The Times of Rice and Salt Stanistan 15 A common name used to describe a fictional union between the stan countries Taboulistan a fictional country in Vive la France Takistan a fictional country in ARMA 2 Operation Arrowhead Tazbekistan a fictional central Asian nation in the BBC television series Ambassadors Trashcanistan a fictional country mentioned by the hosts of MXC Turaqistan a fictional country in the movie War Inc Turgistan a fictional central Asian dictatorship in 6 Underground Turmezistan a fictional country in Doctor Who Tyrgyzstan a fictional country in the BBC television drama The State Within Urzikstan a fictional country in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 video game 16 Ustinkistan fictional country in The Fairly OddParents Yakyakistan a fictional northern country in My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Zekistan a fictional central Asian nation in the video game Full Spectrum Warrior Other editAbsurdistan sometimes used to satirically describe a country where everything goes wrong Angyalistan a micronation that claims garbage patches in international waters Autistan the metaphorical country of the autistic people Bailoutistan or Bailoutistan 2 0 sarcastic term for Greece following the European Union bail out packages coined by Yanis Varoufakis in his book Adults in the Room My Battle With the European and American Deep Establishment Bimaristan a kind of hospital in medieval Persia and the medieval Islamic world Bradistan a moniker for Bradford England owing to its large population of Pakistani worker migrants Canuckistan full name being The People s Republic of Soviet Canuckistan epithet for Canada used by Pat Buchanan on 31 October 2002 on his television show on MSNBC in which he denounced Canadians as anti American and the country as a haven for terrorists He was reacting to Canadian criticisms of US security measures regarding Arab Canadians 17 Cavaquistan Cavaquistao in Portuguese a name coined after the former Portuguese President and Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva referring to the regions of Portugal where he achieved landslide victories in the elections held in the late 1980s and early 1990s especially in the Viseu District 18 intended pun with Kazakhstan Cazaquistao in Portuguese 19 Dalitstan org a Dalit advocacy website active until mid 2006 20 one of 18 websites that were blocked by the Indian government to check for hate messages following the 2006 Mumbai train bombings 21 Extremistan and Mediocristan used by author Nassim Nicholas Taleb to illustrate concepts of black swan theory in The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable Filmistan a film production company Fondukistan or Fondoqestan an early medieval settlement and Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan Gazimestan name of a monument commemorating the historical Battle of Kosovo Hookturnistan satirical name of Melbourne Victoria due to the large number of hook turns on city roads Hamastan a concept of a Palestinian Islamic government with Sharia as law Iranistan a pseudo orientalist mansion built for P T Barnum in 1848 in Connecticut Islamistan means Land of Islam used in various contexts Londonistan French counter terrorism agents gave the British English capital of London this sobriquet Sometimes used derogatorily to refer to the large immigrant especially Muslim population in London Muristan a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem New Yorkistan the title of the cover art for the 10 December 2001 edition of The New Yorker magazine The New Yorkistan map itself included various districts ending in stan e g Bronxistan Cold Turkeystan Fuhgeddabouditstan Gaymenistan Taxistan Youdontunderstandistan etc Orbanistan a derogatory term for Hungary under the rule of Viktor Orban 22 Paganistan the pagan neo pagan community of Minneapolis Saint Paul in Minnesota 23 Quebecistan a term coined by Barbara Kay in 2006 in reference to Quebec Canada Sarvestan a Sasanian era palace in the Iranian province of Sarvestan Shabestan an underground space usually found in the traditional architecture of mosques houses and schools in ancient Persia Shahrestan several meanings Skateistan a skateboarding educational organization based in Kabul Afghanistan Swedistan a derogatory term for Sweden due to its growing immigration from Islamic countries It is sometimes used by internet users to attack or offend Sweden Talibanistan a name for the government of Afghanistan under the Taliban Zaqistan a micronation currently in NevadaSee also edit abad an desh land patnam pur tania List of geographic names of Iranian origin Oikonyms in Western and South AsiaNotes edit Applies after a vowel Applies after a consonant The suffix sthan is through Indic not Iranic References edit Hayyim Sulayman 1892 ستان New Persian English Dictionary vol 2 Tehran Librairie imprimerie Beroukhim p 30 archived from the original on 28 October 2020 retrieved 25 October 2020 Quote ستان p V2 0030 ستان ۲ Suffix meaning a place abounding in Ex گلستان a flower or rose garden Syn زار See گازار Note This suffix is pronounced stan or setan after a vowel as in بوستان boostan a garden and هندوستان hendoostan India and estan after a consonant Ex گلستان golestan and ترکستان torkestan However for poetic license after a consonant also it may be pronounced setan Ex گلستان golsetan Steingass Francis Joseph ستان A Comprehensive Persian English Dictionary p 655 archived from the original on 28 October 2020 retrieved 25 October 2020 stan after a vowel istan after a consonant Place where anything abounds as ḵẖurmastan A palm grove gulistan A flower garden amp c Ford Matt 7 February 2014 Kazakhstan s President Is Tired of His Country s Name Ending in Stan The Atlantic Archived from the original on 25 October 2022 Retrieved 28 October 2022 Daryaee 2014 p 126 Ghereghlou 2018 Moshiri Leila 1988 English Persian Glossary Colloquial Persian Routledge p 150 ISBN 0 415 00886 7 Kapur Anu 2019 Mapping Place Names of India Taylor amp Francis ISBN 978 0 429 61421 7 Macdonell A A 1929 A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration accentuation and etymological analysis throughout London Oxford University Press p 365 Archived from the original on 16 October 2022 Retrieved 1 September 2022 Uzbekia Kirgizia Turkmenia Tajikia Google Ngram Archived from the original on 10 April 2023 Becker Seymour 2004 Russia s Protectorates in Central Asia Bukhara and Khiva 1865 1924 Routledge p 553 ISBN 1 134 33582 2 As early as June 1920 Lenin had toyed with the idea of dividing Russian Turkestan into three national regions Uzbekia Kirgizia and Turkmenia Turmoil in the North East The demand for Bangalistan SabrangIndia 28 January 2020 Archived from the original on 28 January 2020 Retrieved 16 April 2020 Lebanese solution 15 Jul 1978 The Spectator Archive The Spectator Archive Archived from the original on 20 August 2018 Retrieved 19 August 2018 Lojbnaistan lojban wiki 4 November 2013 Archived from the original on 31 March 2017 Retrieved 30 March 2017 Cowan John Waldemar 1997 1 The Complete Lojban Language First ed Fairfax VA US The Logical Language Group p 3 ISBN 0 9660283 0 9 Archived from the original on 2 April 2017 Retrieved 30 March 2017 Stanistan TV Movie 2015 IMDb IMDb Stuart Keith 31 May 2019 Call of Duty Modern Warfare returns to tread a moral minefield The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on 25 September 2019 Retrieved 25 September 2019 Allan Chantal 2009 Bomb Canada And Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media Athabasca University Press pp 84 85 ISBN 978 1 897425 49 7 soviet 20canuckistan 20arab 20canadians Cavaquistao continua irredutivel e a votar laranja Cavaquistan remains unyielding and voting orange in Portuguese Visao 6 October 2019 Archived from the original on 3 October 2020 Retrieved 26 August 2020 Carla Fernandes 2016 Multimodality and Performance Cambridge Scholars Publishing p 27 ISBN 978 1 4438 9465 4 Archived from the original on 10 April 2023 Retrieved 1 October 2020 Dibyesh Anand 15 October 2011 Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear Palgrave Macmillan pp 34 ISBN 978 0 230 36263 5 Govt blocks 18 sites to check hate messages The Times of India 19 July 2006 Archived from the original on 27 May 2013 Retrieved 15 December 2015 The Ruler of Orbanistan Aspen Institute Central Europe in Czech Archived from the original on 13 August 2022 Retrieved 13 March 2022 Pizza Murphy 2009 Schism as midwife how conflict aided the birth of a contemporary Pagan community In Lewis James R Lewis Sarah M eds Sacred schisms how religions divide PDF Cambridge Cambridge University Press pp 249 261 ISBN 978 0 511 58071 0 Archived from the original PDF on 10 August 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2011 the Pagan community of the Minnesota Twin Cities otherwise known by members as Paganistan Sources editDaryaee Touraj 2014 Sasanian Persia The Rise and Fall of an Empire I B Tauris pp 1 240 ISBN 978 0857716668 Ghereghlou Kioumars 2018 Badusbanids In Fleet Kate Kramer Gudrun Matringe Denis Nawas John Rowson Everett eds Encyclopaedia of Islam 3rd ed Brill Online ISSN 1873 9830 Further reading editMaciuszak Kinga The Persian Suffix e stan The Land Of Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 13 2008 119 140 External links editHarper Douglas stan Online Etymology Dictionary nbsp The dictionary definition of stan at Wiktionary Retrieved from 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