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- Etymology and cognates
- Countries
- Country names in various languages
- Administrative divisions
- Administrative subdivisions
- In Afghanistan
- In Armenia
- In India
- In Iran
- In Pakistan
- In Tajikistan
- In other countries
- Regions
- Historical regions
- Proposed names
- Fictional
- Other
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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-stan ( , ; or ) is a Persian and Sanskrit suffix that means "a place abounding in" or "place where anything abounds". It is widely used by Iranian languages (mainly Persian), Indic languages (mainly Sanskrit, Prakrit and Hindustani), Turkic languages (excluding Siberian Turkic), Dravidic languages (mainly Brahui and Kannada) and other languages. The suffix appears in the names of many regions throughout West, Central and South Asia and parts of the Caucasus and Russia.