persia   (TTS Sound)

The noun persia has 2 senses

• Persia, Persian Empire -- (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)


• Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia -- (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)