Persia

Persia
noun
1. an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
• Syn: ↑Persian Empire
• Members of this Region: ↑peri
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑empire, ↑imperium
• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia
2. a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Persian, ↑Iranian (for: ↑Iran)
• Members of this Region: ↑Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, ↑MKO, ↑MEK, ↑People's Mujahidin of Iran, ↑Usuli, ↑ayatollah
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation
• Part Holonyms: ↑Middle East, ↑Mideast, ↑Near East, ↑Asia, ↑Gulf States
• Member Meronyms: ↑Irani, ↑Iranian, ↑Persian
• Part Meronyms:

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