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Persia

/ˈpɜː.ʒə/US/ˈpɝʒə/

Persia proper noun: iran, a country in West Asia.

Proper noun

Persia

  1. (historical, otherwise archaic) 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.
    Synonyms:
    Persis
  3. (historical) The territories of any of the various Persian Empires or other polities ruled by dynasties from Persis.

Persia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Persia in Hindi

region of ancient Iran
फ़ारस fāras, फारस phāras, पारस pāras, पारसीक pārsīk, फ़ारिस fāris, फारिस phāris

Persia in Tamil

region of ancient Iran
பாரசீகம் pāracīkam

Persia in Marathi

region of ancient Iran
पर्शिया parśiyā

Persia in Urdu

region of ancient Iran
فارَس fāras, فارِس fāris, پَرْشِیا parśiyā, پارْس pārs
More languagesFewer languages
Persia in Bengali
পারস্য parôśśô
Persia in Telugu
పారశీకము pāraśīkamu
Persia in Odia
ଶାକ ଦ୍ୱୀପ śāka dwipa, ପରଶ୍ୟ paraśya
Persia in Sanskrit
पारसीक pārasīka
Persia in Pashto
پارسه pārsa
Persia in Arabic
فَارِس fāris
Persia in Malay
Parsi
Persia in Indonesian
Persia
Persia in Thai
เปอร์เซีย bpəə-siia
Persia in Vietnamese
Ba Tư
Persia in Myanmar
ပါရှား pahra:

Synonyms of Persia

Origin of Persia

Borrowed from Latin Persia, itself derived from Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) + -ia (suffix forming country names), literally “land of the Persians”, with the first element borrowed by Latin from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), itself borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Words formed from Persia

Questions about Persia

What does Persia mean?
Persia means iran, a country in West Asia.
What is Persia in Hindi?
Persia in Hindi is फ़ारस (fāras), फारस (phāras), पारस (pāras). See Persia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Persia?
Persia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Persia?
Persia is pronounced /ˈpɜː.ʒə/ (UK).

Words near Persia in the dictionary

  1. Pershing
  2. Pershing County
  3. Pershings
  4. Pershore
  5. Pershotravensk
  6. Persia
  7. Persia Proper
  8. Persian
  9. Persian apple
  10. Persian apples
  11. Persian arch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Persia (page history and authors); పారశీకము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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