stan?

[ranor]

what does "stan" mean at the end of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.etc mean

[bernardo]

It means "country" in Hindi or Persian. I found this by googling "******** name":

http://geography.about.com/library/faq/************.htm

[bernardo]

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

[bernardo]

Whoops I put the link in again the second time by mistake. And I don't remember putting any bold stuff either...

[bernardo]

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:

********

[bernardo]

I tried clicking on the link I provided but the asterisks have mucked it up and sent it to the wrong site.

[Jabba]

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.

[ranor]

thankyou i understand now what has hapened