Meanings
- historicalThe territories of any of the various Persian Empires or other polities ruled by dynasties from Persis.
- A place in the United States:
- A minor city in Harrison County, Iowa.
- A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounPersia proper (Persis), the land of the ethnic Persians, corresponding to the modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
Origin
- Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)
- Ancient GreekΠέρσης (Pérsēs)
- LatinPersēs/Persa
- LatinPersia
- EnglishPersia
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/).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Persië
- Persiëregion of ancient Iran
Arabic فَارِس
- فَارِس (fāris)region of ancient Iran
Bengali পারস্য
- পারস্য (parôśśô)region of ancient Iran
Bulgarian Пе́рсия
- Пе́рсия (Pérsija)region of ancient Iran
Catalan Pèrsia
- Pèrsiaregion of ancient Iran
Chinese Cantonese 波斯
- 波斯 (bo¹ si¹)region of ancient Iran
Chinese Mandarin 波斯
- 波斯 (Bōsī)region of ancient Iran
Czech Persie
- Persieregion of ancient Iran
Danish Persien
- Persienregion of ancient Iran
Dutch Perzië
- Perziëregion of ancient Iran
Esperanto Persio
- Persioregion of ancient Iran
Estonian Pärsia
- Pärsiaregion of ancient Iran
Finnish Persia
- Persiaregion of ancient Iran
French Perse, Persie
- Perseregion of ancient Iran
- Persieregion of ancient Iran
German Persien
- Persienregion of ancient Iran
Greek Περσία
- Περσία (Persía)region of ancient Iran
Hawaiian Pelekia
- Pelekiaregion of ancient Iran
Hebrew פָּרָס
- פָּרָס (parás)region of ancient Iran
Hindi फ़ारस, फारस
- फ़ारस (fāras)region of ancient Iran
- फारस (phāras)region of ancient Iran
- पारस (pāras)region of ancient Iran
- पारसीक (pārsīk)region of ancient Iran
- फ़ारिस (fāris)region of ancient Iran
- फारिस (phāris)region of ancient Iran
- पर्शिया (parśiyā)region of ancient Iran
Hungarian Perzsia
- Perzsiaregion of ancient Iran
Icelandic Persía
- Persíaregion of ancient Iran
Indonesian Persia
- Persiaregion of ancient Iran
Irish an Pheirs
- an Pheirsregion of ancient Iran
Italian Persia
- Persiaregion of ancient Iran
Japanese ペルシア, ペルシャ
- ペルシア (Perushia)region of ancient Iran
- ペルシャ (Perusha)region of ancient Iran
- 波斯 (Harusha)region of ancient Iran
- 波斯 (Harushia)region of ancient Iran
Korean 페르시아, 파사
- 페르시아 (Pereusia)region of ancient Iran
- 파사 (Pasa)region of ancient Iran
Latin Persia
- Persiaregion of ancient Iran
Latvian Persija
- Persijaregion of ancient Iran
Lithuanian Persija
- Persijaregion of ancient Iran
Malay Parsi
- Parsiregion of ancient Iran
Māori Pāhia
- Pāhiaregion of ancient Iran
Norwegian Bokmål Persia
- Persiaregion of ancient Iran
Polish Persja
- Persjaregion of ancient Iran
Portuguese Pérsia
- Pérsiaregion of ancient Iran
Romanian Persia
- Persiaregion of ancient Iran
Russian Пе́рсия
- Пе́рсия (Pérsija)region of ancient Iran
Slovak Perzia
- Perziaregion of ancient Iran
Spanish Persia
- Persiaregion of ancient Iran
Swedish Persien
- Persienregion of ancient Iran
Tamil பாரசீகம்
- பாரசீகம் (pāracīkam)region of ancient Iran
Thai เปอร์เซีย
- เปอร์เซีย (bpəə-siia)region of ancient Iran
Turkish Fars, Pers
- Farsregion of ancient Iran
- Persregion of ancient Iran
Ukrainian Пе́рсія
- Пе́рсія (Pérsija)region of ancient Iran
Urdu فارَس, فارِس
- فارَس (fāras)region of ancient Iran
- فارِس (fāris)region of ancient Iran
- پَرْشِیا (parśiyā)region of ancient Iran
- پارْس (pārs)region of ancient Iran
Vietnamese Ba Tư
- Ba Tưregion of ancient Iran
Yiddish פּערסיע
- פּערסיע (persye)region of ancient Iran
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Cite this entry
Persia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Persia
“Persia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Persia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Persia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Persia.
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