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"Middle East",
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[
"Central Asia",
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[
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[
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"text": "absurd + -i- + -stan → Absurdistan",
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"text": "nerd + -i- + -stan → nerdistan",
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"(often humorous) Used to form fictitious or metaphoric country names, often with a connotation of it being an exotic or hostile country."
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"morpheme",
"often"
]
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{
"text": "Dearborn + -i- + -stan → Dearbornistan",
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},
{
"text": "Sweden + -i- + -stan → Swedistan",
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],
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "-stān",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "ـسْتَان"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-ստան"
},
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"code": "as",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "স্থান"
},
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-istan"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stan"
},
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-стан"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "-sītǎn",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-斯坦"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-stán"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
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"word": "-istán"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-ujo"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-io"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stan"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "-stan"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-סטן"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-סתאן"
},
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"tags": [
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"word": "-סטאן"
},
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "connected with diacritic -i- after consonants",
"roman": "-stān",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-स्तान"
},
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "स्तान"
},
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "इस्तान"
},
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"word": "स्थान"
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"word": "-стан"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "sthaan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "ស្ថាន"
},
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"code": "ky",
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"word": "-стан"
},
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],
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},
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "-stanas"
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stʾn' (-estān)"
},
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "-istan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "ـستان"
},
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "ـستان"
},
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "pt",
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"word": "-istão"
},
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"roman": "-istán",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
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},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "es",
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"word": "-istán"
},
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stán"
},
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stan"
},
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"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "-iston",
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"word": "-истон"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "tg",
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"roman": "-ston",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-стон"
},
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"roman": "-stāṉ",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-ஸ்தான்"
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"word": "-стан"
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
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"roman": "sà-tǎan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "สถาน"
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
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"word": "-стан"
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
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"word": "ـستان"
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-iston"
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"_dis1": "24 20 57",
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
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"_dis1": "36 41 23",
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},
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"_dis1": "36 41 23",
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"word": "Afghanistan"
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{
"word": "Baluchistan"
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{
"word": "Balochistan"
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{
"word": "Bashkortostan"
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{
"word": "Dagestan"
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{
"word": "Hindustan"
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{
"word": "Karakalpakstan"
},
{
"word": "Kazakhstan"
},
{
"word": "Khalistan"
},
{
"word": "Khuzestan"
},
{
"word": "Kurdistan"
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{
"word": "Kyrgyzstan"
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{
"word": "Lorestan"
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{
"word": "Pakistan"
},
{
"word": "Rajasthan"
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{
"word": "Tajikistan"
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{
"word": "Tatarstan"
},
{
"word": "Turkestan"
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{
"word": "Turkmenistan"
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{
"word": "Uzbekistan"
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[
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"text": "absurd + -i- + -stan → Absurdistan",
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"text": "nerd + -i- + -stan → nerdistan",
"type": "example"
}
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"text": "London + -i- + -stan → Londonistan",
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"text": "Dearborn + -i- + -stan → Dearbornistan",
"type": "example"
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"text": "Sweden + -i- + -stan → Swedistan",
"type": "example"
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"(derogatory, ethnic slur) Used after European and American place names to emphasize that there are many Middle Easterners or Muslims there."
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"word": "-istan"
},
{
"word": "-estan"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "-stān",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "ـسْتَان"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-ստան"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sthan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "স্থান"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-istan"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stan"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-стан"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "-sītǎn",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-斯坦"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-stán"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-istán"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-ujo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-io"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "-stan"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-סטן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-סתאן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-סטאן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "connected with diacritic -i- after consonants",
"roman": "-stān",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-स्तान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "stān",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "स्तान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "istān",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "इस्तान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sthān",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "स्थान"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-стан"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sthaan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "ស្ថាន"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-стан"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-stāna"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-stanas"
},
{
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stʾn' (-estān)"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "-istan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "ـستان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "-estân",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "ـستان"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-istão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-istán",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-иста́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-stán",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ста́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-istán"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stán"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stan"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "-iston",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-истон"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "-ston",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-стон"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "-stāṉ",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-ஸ்தான்"
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"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "-stan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-стан"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sà-tǎan",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "สถาน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-istan"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-stan"
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"word": "-stan"
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"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "-стан"
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"alt": "-(i)stān",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"tags": [
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"word": "ـستان"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-iston"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "used in actual place names",
"word": "-ston"
}
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"-stan"
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}
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