Persia,

5 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Persia
       n 1: 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 [syn: {Persian Empire}]
       2: 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 [syn: {Iran}, {Islamic Republic
          of Iran}]

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
  

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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Persia, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    363
     Housing Units (2000): 145
     Land area (2000):     0.456645 sq. miles (1.182705 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.456645 sq. miles (1.182705 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            62445
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             41.578993 N, 95.570417 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     51563
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Persia, IA
      Persia