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What does Persia mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Persia? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (historical, archaic) Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
  2. (historical, archaic) Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, specially the first of the two.
  3. (historical, archaic) The former term referring to Iran in the West.
Name
  1. A female given name of Latin origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From the name of the country.
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Naaz Hosseini's voice slips from a serene hum to a full-throated wail to a sweet high-pitched lilt, flavored by her roots in Armenia and Persia.
Of all countries in the world, there is none I so much wish to visit as Persia.
On the other side of the shrunken Abbasid domain there was also a Shiite kingdom in Persia.
Cambyses ended, and Cyrus and the officers of Persia agreed to all he said.
I have data of other falls, in Persia and Asiatic Turkey, of edible substances.
Babism inculcates a high morality, and there is a likelihood of its becoming paramount in Persia.

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