| Interesting Country Name Etymologies |
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| Sunday, 21 September 2008 | |
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Afghanistan: Main article: Origins of the name Afghanistan From Afghan and the Persian suffix -stan meaning "land of"; thus: "land of the Afghans". The origin of the word Afghan itself ? which is synonymous with Pashtun ? remains uncertain. One explanation derives it from Apakan, an 8th or 9th century Iranian ruler.[citation needed] Others point out a 3rd century Sassanid reference to "Abgan", the oldest known mention of a word variant of "Afghan".[citation needed] It also appears in the inscri
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