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The word "stan" is a Farsi word meaning "land of", so "Turkmenistan" is land of the Turkmens. The Turkmens or Turcomans are a group of Türkic peoples who primarily live in Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. Note that the Iraqi and Syrian Turkmen are a different ethnic group.

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