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ranor | 18:29 Tue 24th Aug 2004 | People & Places
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what does "stan" mean at the end of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.etc mean
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It means "country" in Hindi or Persian. I found this by googling "******** name":

http://geography.about.com/library/faq/************.htm
http://geography.about.com/library/faq/************.htm The bits which were spaltted by the profanity filter should have been
1. Pee A Kay Eye Stan
and
2. Bee Ell Que Zed Pee A Kay Eye Stan
Whoops I put the link in again the second time by mistake. And I don't remember putting any bold stuff either...
I am so amazed that the profanity filter has removed the name of a country, so I will type it again carefully to check that I got the spelling right the first time:

********
I tried clicking on the link I provided but the asterisks have mucked it up and sent it to the wrong site.
Yes, I could understand if the racial insult derived from the name was censored, but to remove the name of a country seems bizarre even for the AB filter.
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thankyou i understand now what has hapened

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