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Persia

/ˈpɜː.ʒə/ · name

Meaning

  1. Iran, a country in West Asia.
  2. Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ethnic Persians, corresponding to the modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
  3. The territories of any of the various Persian Empires or other polities ruled by dynasties from Persis.

Etymology / origin

From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

  1. 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿(Old Persian)
  2. Περσίς(Ancient Greek)
  3. Persia(Latin)
  4. Persia (English)
  5. Relations: bor, der, der

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