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From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Persia
n 1: an empire in S Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th
century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the
4th century BC [syn: {Persia}, {Persian Empire}]
2: a republic in the Middle East; Iran was the core of the
ancient Persian Empire and was known as Persia until 1935;
rich in oil [syn: {Iran}, {Persia}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Persia, IA (city, FIPS 62445)
Location: 41.57900 N, 95.57013 W
Population (1990): 312 (133 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 51563
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Persia
an ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from
the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The
Persians were originally a Medic tribe which settled in Persia,
on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. They were Aryans, their
language belonging to the eastern division of the Indo-European
group One of their chiefs, Teispes conquered Elam in the time
of the decay of the Assyrian Empire, and established himself in
the district of Anzan. His descendants branched off into two
lines, one line ruling in Anzan, while the other remained in
Persia. Cyrus II., king of Anzan, finally united the divided
power, conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylonia, and carried his
arms into the far East. His son, Cambyses added Egypt to the
empire, which however, fell to pieces after his death. It was
reconquered and thoroughly organized by Darius, the son of
Hystaspes whose dominions extended from India to the Danube.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Persia, that cuts or divides; a nail; a gryphon; a horseman
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