Meaning of -stan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures.
   morpheme
2. Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country.
   humorous, morpheme, often
3. Used after European and American place names to emphasize that many Middle Easterners or Muslims reside there.
   derogatory, ethnic, morpheme, slur

Equivalents

Examples

“absurd + -i- + -stan → Absurdistan”

“nerd + -i- + -stan → nerdistan”

“London + -i- + -stan → Londonistan”

“Dearborn + -i- + -stan → Dearbornistan”

“Sweden + -i- + -stan → Swedistan”

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