Persia

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The former term referring to Iran in the West.
• Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
• Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, specially the first of the two.

Related

Similar words

• Persis

Origin

• From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿.