see|persia
Image:dariusmap.jpg|thumb|Persian Empire, 490 BC
English
wikipedia

Etymology
From L. #Latin|Persia < AGr. polytonic|Πε��ί� (Persis) < OP. ���� (Pârsa)

Proper noun
Persia

1. The country of Iran until 1935 was officially called "Persia" in English. However, the local name of the country since the Sassanian period has been "Iran". Since 1935 both terms "Iran" and "Persia" have been used in English, though Iran predominates. The w:Persia|Persian Empire once included most of Western and Central Asia and North Africa.

Derived terms
Persian

Translations
trans-top|Old name of Iran
Estonian: Pärsia
Finnish: Persia
French: Perse f
German: Persien n
Italian: Persia f
Japanese: ���� (Perushia), ���� (Perusha)
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Latin: Persia f
Persian: FAchar|ا�را� (Iran)
Polish: Persja f
Portuguese: Pérsia f
Russian: �е��и� (Pérsija) f
Slovak: Perzia f
Spanish: Persia f
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See also
Iran
w:Iran|Wikipedia article on Iran

Italian

Pronunciation
Pèrsia, unicode|/�p�rsja/, <tt>/"pErsja/</tt>

Proper noun
Persia f

1. Persia

Related terms
persiano
persico

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