PERSIA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   • involved in state-sponsored terrorism
   Synonym(s)
   • Iran (what does Iran mean?)
   • Islamic Republic of Iran (what does Islamic Republic of Iran mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Persia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Asian country (what does Asian country mean?)
   • Asian nation (what does Asian nation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • Persian Empire (what does Persian Empire mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Persia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • empire (what does empire mean?)