Stans (disambiguation)
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:Note:Stan is a Persian
word for Land.
Stans may refer to:
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
word for Land.
Stans may refer to:
- StansStans, AustriaStans is a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria. It is located in the Inn valley, some 3 km away from the district town of Schwaz....
- a village in Austria - StansStansStans is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.-History:Stans is one of the oldest settlements in the entire Nidwalden valley. The first traces of human settlement date to the 2nd Century BC...
, a city in Switzerland - The countries, mostly in South AsiaSouth AsiaSouth Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
or Central AsiaCentral AsiaCentral Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
, whose names end in -stan-stanThe suffix -stan is Persian for "place of", a cognate to Pashto -tun and to Indo-Aryan -sthāna , a Sanskrit suffix with a similar meaning...