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For other uses, see Stan (disambiguation).
stan (Persian: ستان 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 is widely used by Iranian languages as well as the Shaz Turkic languages (excluding Siberian Turkic) 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.[3]