Persia, or Iran, is a country in Western Asia.
Persia or Persias, may also refer to:
Places
edit- The Achaemenid Empire (550 BC–330 BC), an ancient Iranian empire
- The Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD)
- The Sasanian Empire (224–661)
- The Tahirid dynasty (821–873)
- The Alavid dynasty (864–928)
- The Saffarid dynasty (861–1003)
- The Samanid Empire (875–999)
- The Timurid dynasty (1369–1507)
- The Safavid dynasty (1501–1736)
- The Qajar dynasty (1785–1925)
- The Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979)
- Persia proper, a region located to the southwest of modern Iran (now Fars Province)
- Pars (Sasanian province)
- Greater Iran
- Persia, Iowa, a U.S. city
- Persia, New York, a U.S. town
- Persia, Tennessee, a U.S. unincorporated community
People
edit- Persia gens, an ancient Roman family
- Takis Persias (born 1957; Greek: Μελέτης "Τάκης" Περσίας, romanized: Meletis Persias), Greek soccer player
- Alexander DiPersia (born 1982), U.S. actor
- Persia Blue, Australian actress
- Persia Campbell (1898–1974), Australian-born U.S. economist
- Persia White (born 1972), Bahamian-born U.S. actress-musician
- Persia Woolley (1935–2017), U.S. author
Arts, entertainment, media
edit- Persia (EP), a 1984 EP by The Church
- Persia, the Magic Fairy, a 1984 anime series
Vehicular and transport
edit- RMS Persia, a steamship built in 1856
- SS Persia, various steamships by this name
- Peugeot Persia, Iranian sedan motorcar
Other uses
edit- Persia (name), a Greek and Latin name for Iran
- Persia (trilobite)
- Persias Asmat, Asmat, South Papua, Indonesia; a soccer team
See also
edit- List of Persia-related topics
- All pages with titles beginning with Persia
- All pages with titles containing Persia
- Persian (disambiguation)
- Farsi (disambiguation)
- Parsi (disambiguation)
- Persis (disambiguation)
- Persian Empire (disambiguation)
- Perseus (disambiguation)
- Pars (disambiguation)
- Fars (disambiguation)
- Parsa (disambiguation)
- Prince of Persia, a video game franchise