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- -stan abstract "The suffix -stan (Persian: ـستان -stān) is Persian for \"place of\" or \"country\".It appears in the names of many regions, especially in Central and South Asia, but also in the Caucasus and Russia; areas where significant amounts of Persian culture were spread or adopted.The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian and Urdu rigestân (ریگستان) \"place of sand, desert\", Pakistan \"land of the pure\", Hindustan \"land of the Hindus\", golestan (گلستان) \"place of flowers, garden\", etc.".
- -stan comment "The suffix -stan (Persian: ـستان -stān) is Persian for \"place of\" or \"country\".It appears in the names of many regions, especially in Central and South Asia, but also in the Caucasus and Russia; areas where significant amounts of Persian culture were spread or adopted.The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian and Urdu rigestân (ریگستان) \"place of sand, desert\", Pakistan \"land of the pure\", Hindustan \"land of the Hindus\", golestan (گلستان) \"place of flowers, garden\", etc.".