How Many Countries End in -stan? | Geography Quiz
How many countries end in "stan"?
GM quizzers! 👋 You’ve already mastered the “-land” list… but how many sovereign countries can you name that end in -stan?
Remember, we’re talking sovereign countries here, independent nations that have full control over their own government and land, and are recognised by other countries around the world. So, this quiz excludes regions, dependencies, or parts of countries.
Think you can name them all? 😏 No Googling!
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Question: How many sovereign countries in the world currently have names that end in the word "stan"?
Answer: 7
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Bonus fact: the suffix “-stan” comes from Persian and means “land” or “place of.”
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