| Hint | Country/Region |
| This 'stan' refers to an autonomous region in Northern Iraq | |
| This 'stan' is the largest state of the Republic of India, its capital is Jaipur | |
| A constituent republic of the Russian Federation, this 'stan's capital is Kazan | |
| Referred by the Chinese as Xinjiang, this large 'stan' is a proposed state for the Uighurs | |
| This 'stan' refers to the proposed Sikh homeland in Northern India which was brutally crushed by Indira Gandhi in 1984 | |
| This 'stan' is the Turkish name for its neighbor Greece | |
| This 'stan' refers to a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem | |
| Saddam Hussein tried to conquer this 'stan', an Iranian province along the Persian Gulf with a large Arab population | |
| This 'stan' is the language of Zoroastrian scripture | |
| Located in Russia on the Caspian Sea, this 'stan' along with Chechnya has been the site of a deadly insurgency | |
| This 'stan' is a region larger than California shared by Pakistan and Iran. | |