Suffix Stan News Today

Explanation on about.com. they point out that in persian the suffix stan means place of and in russian it means settlement and a lot of these, most of those that youre looking at there used to be called of the soviet republic and youre also in an area where there would be persian history and persian influence, hence, a lot of stans that we all know can get confusing sometimes. >> i did okay. i think i got five of the stans. >> yeah? >> you threw in waziristan. >> okay, josh. see you next hour. ...