Persia
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English
Etymology
From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ).ʒə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɝʒə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (dated) IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃə/
Proper noun
Persia
- (historical, archaic) The former term referring to Iran in the West.
- Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
- (historical, archaic) Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, especially the first of the two.
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Translations
region of ancient Iran
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Iran — see Iran
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Persia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Persia
Declension
| Inflection of Persia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Persia | — | |
| genitive | Persian | — | |
| partitive | Persiaa | — | |
| illative | Persiaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Persia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Persia | — |
| gen. | Persian | ||
| genitive | Persian | — | |
| partitive | Persiaa | — | |
| inessive | Persiassa | — | |
| elative | Persiasta | — | |
| illative | Persiaan | — | |
| adessive | Persialla | — | |
| ablative | Persialta | — | |
| allative | Persialle | — | |
| essive | Persiana | — | |
| translative | Persiaksi | — | |
| abessive | Persiatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Persia f
Related terms
Anagrams
- apersi, arpesi, espira, paresi, presai, ripesa, saperi, saprei, separi, serpai, sperai, spiare, spierà
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈper.si.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.si.a/,
Proper noun
Persia f sg (genitive Persiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
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| nominative | Persia |
| genitive | Persiae |
| dative | Persiae |
| accusative | Persiam |
| ablative | Persiā |
| vocative | Persia |
| locative | Persiae |
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References
- “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Persia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Persia f
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Pérsia.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Persia f