Stan Definition
Short form of the male given name Stanley. (Sometimes also adopted by immigrants named Stanislaw, Stanislas, or Stanislav).
Origin of Stan
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From Persian ـستان (-estān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian (stāna-), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), whence also English verbs stay and stand. Compare Avestan (stāna-) and Sanskrit स्थान (sthā́na).
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