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I would like to know the origin or the meaning of "istan" in the names of Afghanistan or Pakistan.
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But, even more interestingly, which country ending in -istan has an acronym for the first part of its name?
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Easy, Pakistan. The P stands for Punjab, but I forget the rest.
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Punjab, Afghan, and Kashmir
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Question: Why did Constantinople get the works?
Answer: _____ ________ ________ ___ ___ _____ .
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Question: Why did Constantinople get the works?
Answer: _____ ________ ________ ___ ___ _____ .
That's nobody's business but the Turks'! [musical note e]
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You mean "Can't Stand Your Nose Pulled"?  Blame it all on "The Fourth Form at St Michael's"
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Onliest thang in my junk drawer memory is Istanbul < Greek, eis ton polis, toward the city.
This would be somewhat underwhelmed by the discovery that it's been Istanbul only since 1930. But a little underwhelming ain' enough to get it out of the junk drawer, just enough to get a little flag tacked on it saying WARNING: Possibly Unreliable Information.
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Stories abound concerning this city's name. One, wrong though often repeated, is that it comes from eis ten polin, Byzantine Greek for "to the city".http://www.takeourword.com/page1.htmlEDIT: I offer this for the purpose of facilitatin' discussions only - I ain't bought the book meself
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