Etymology

Kekistan

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The story

From kek (Internet interjection representing laughter) or Kek (an anglicization of kkw, the name of an Ancient Egyptian god of darkness sometimes depicted as a frog, used in reference to Pepe the Frog) + -istan (stereotypical Muslim country suffix, used ironically).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.