Stans (other)
Stans may refer to: * Stans, a village in Austria * Stans, a city in Switzerland * The countries, mostly in South Asia and Central Asia, whose names end in the Persian suffix -stan * Stans, a fanbase to Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...

Stans, Austria
Stans is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located in the Inn valley, some 3 km away from Schwaz Schwaz () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley. Location Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch and .... References Gallery Image:Stans (Tyrol) 'Herz Jesu' church (19th cent.).jpg, The ''Herz Jesu'' church (19th century) Image:Stans (Tyrol) 'Laurentius'_curch_(elder one).jpg, The old church of St. Laurence Image:Stans (Tyrol) from N, Laurentius church (elder, left) and 'Herz Jesu' church, Eiblschrofen (background).jpg, St. Laurence's church (left) with the ''Herz Jesu'' church, and Eiblschrofen in the background Image:Wolfsklamm 2007a.jpg, Wolfsklamm gorge, from Stans to the Georgenberg Cities and towns in Schwaz District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ...
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Stans
Stans () is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland. The official language of Stans is German (spoken there in the variety of Swiss Standard German), but the main language is the local variant of Alemannic Swiss German. History Stans is one of the oldest settlements in the entire Nidwalden valley. The first traces of human settlement date to the second century BC.Stans Online-History
accessed 21 May 2009 During the era there is little evidence of a settlement except for some ''

-stan
The suffix -stan ( fa, ـستان, translit=''stân'' after a vowel; ''estân'' or ''istân'' after a consonant), has the meaning of "a place abounding in" or "a place where anything abounds" in the Persian language. It appears in the names of many regions in Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia, Central & South Asia, as well as in the Caucasus and Russia. Etymology and cognates The suffix ''-stan'' is analogous to the suffix ''-land'', present in many country and location names. The suffix is also used more generally, as in Persian () "place of sand, desert", () "place of flowers, garden", () "graveyard, cemetery", ''Hindustân'' () "land of the Indian subcontinent, Indo people". Originally an independent noun, this morpheme evolved into a suffix by virtue of appearing frequently as the last part in Compound (linguistics), nominal compounds. It is of Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian and ultimately Indo-European languages, Indo-European origin. It is cognate with the E ...
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Stan (song)
"Stan" is a song by American rapper Eminem featuring vocals sampled from the opening lines of British singer Dido's song "Thank You". It was released on November 20, 2000, as the third single from Eminem's third album, ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' (2000). "Stan" peaked at number 51 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Stan" topped the charts in 12 countries, including Australia, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The 45 King-produced track also uses a slightly modified break from "Thank You" as its base sample; both songs were released as singles in late 2000. "Stan" has been called one of Eminem's best songs and is considered one of his signature songs. In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked "Stan" 296th on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, upping their ranking to 223rd in a 2021 updated list. The song was also listed 15th on VH1s list of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time and named in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 ...
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