Persia

(pʉrz̸hə, -s̸hə)

  1. Iran
  2. Persian Empire

Origin: L < Gr Persais < OPers Pārsa

See Persia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

  1. also Persian Empire A vast empire of southwest Asia founded by Cyrus II after 546 B.C. and brought to the height of its power and glory by Darius I and his son Xerxes. Eventually the empire extended from the Indus River valley in present-day Pakistan to the Mediterranean Sea before Alexander the Great conquered it between 333 and 331 B.C.
  2. See Iran.

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