Persia

Significat (anglès)

1. The former term referring to Iran in the West.
2. Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
3. Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, specially the first of the two.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɜː(ɹ).ʒə/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Sents

This meant that Sparta was also effectively at war with Persia .