Pakistanis

/pɑːkɪˈstɑːniz/ noun

Definition

People who are from Pakistan or have Pakistani citizenship and heritage.

Etymology

From Pakistan (named after Urdu 'Pak' meaning pure, combined with 'stan' meaning land) plus the English plural suffix '-is' adapted to English conventions. The country was founded in 1947 after partition from India.

Kelly Says

Pakistan was created as the world's first nation-state explicitly designed as a homeland for Muslims, making it unique in how it was founded on religious identity rather than geographic or ethnic unity.

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