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stan (Persian: ستان stân, [n 1] estân or istân [n 2]) has the meaning of "a place abounding in" [1] or "a place where anything abounds" as a suffix. [2] It is widely used by Iranian languages as well as the common Turkish languages (excluding Siberian Turkic) and other languages.
The Central Asian countries attracted $378.2 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) between 2007 and 2019. Kazakhstan accounted for 77.7% of the total FDI directed to the region. Kazakhstan is also the largest country in Central Asia accounting for more than 60 percent of the region's gross domestic product (GDP). [70]
"Tatarstan" derives from the name of the ethnic group—the Tatars—and the Persian suffix -stan (meaning "state" or "country" of, an ending common to many Eurasian countries). Another version of the Russian name is "Татария" (Tataria), which was official along with "Tatar ASSR" during Soviet rule.
The continental part of the country bore the name Tanah Melayu (literally 'Malay Land') or Malaya until 1963, when Federation of Malaysia was formed together with the territories of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore (the latter withdrew in 1965). The name change indicated the change of the country's boundaries beyond Malay Peninsula.
This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any predominant or official languages of the country in question. Countries are listed alphabetically by their description, the most common name or term that is politically neutral and unambiguous. This may ...
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
Ágios Martínos - Άγιος Μαρτίνος (Greek), Country of Sint Maarten (English), État de Saint-Martin (French variant), Ilha de São Martinho (Portuguese variant), Isla de San Martín (Spanish variant), Land Sint Maarten (Dutch variant), Saint Martin (Danish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh), Saint-Martin (Finnish ...
Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark: Faroese: Føroyar Danish: Færøerne: Tórshavn Faroese: Tórshavn Danish: Thorshavn: Gibraltar: British overseas territory: Gibraltar Gibraltar: Guernsey [n 7] Bailiwick of Guernsey Crown dependency of The Crown in Right of Guernsey English: Guernsey Guernésiais: Guernesey: English: Bailiwick of ...