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  2. Stan (administrative unit) - Wikipedia

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    Etymologically stan was formed from the verb stanovytsya (Russian: станови́ться) meaning to stay or stand. It has not been well-studied. However, Russian historians believe that unlike volost, which is thought to have evolved from tribal communities, stans were purely administrative structures, whose main function was to organize tribute collection, thus, a stan was the actual ...

  3. -stan - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language

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    The author shows his specific understanding of the Russian language on the cover, using the old spelling Толковый словарь живаго великорускаго языка (with single "s" in "Russian"). However, this is a unique spelling deviation from the standard grammar, on which Dal insisted.

  5. Dictionary of the Russian Language (Ozhegov) - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary of the Russian Language (Russian: Слова́рь ру́сского языка́) is an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. The first edition was published under the editorship of Ozhegov in 1949. [1] It contained about 57,000 words; its 21st edition (1990) counted 70,000 word entries.

  6. Should you worry if your teen is a ‘stan’? - AOL

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    What’s a “stan?” It means mega-fan and the slang word has both hot and cold vibes. Stan is a combination of the words “stalker” and “fan.”

  7. List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dictionaries considered authoritative or complete by approximate number of total words, or headwords, included. number of words in a language. [1] [2] In compiling a dictionary, a lexicographer decides whether the evidence of use is sufficient to justify an entry in the dictionary.

  8. Wikipedia : Language learning centre/Russian word list

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    a (а) - a; administrativnyy tsentr (административный центр) - administrative centre; aeroport (аэропорт) - airport; agent (агент ...

  9. Russian language - Wikipedia

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    Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language (Ushakov's) 1934–1940: 85,289: Current language with some archaisms. Academic Dictionary of the Russian Language (Ozhegov's) 1950–1965 1991 (2nd ed.) 120,480 "Full" 17-volumed dictionary of the contemporary language. The second 20-volumed edition was begun in 1991, but not all volumes have been ...