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Persia, or Iran, is a country in Western Asia.

Persia or Persias, may also refer to:

Places

• 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)
  • Timurid Empire
• The Safavid dynasty (1501–1736)
  • Safavid Iran
• The Qajar dynasty (1785–1925)
  • Qajar Iran
• The Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979)
  • Pahlavi Iran
• 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

• 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

• Persia (EP), a 1984 EP by The Church
• Persia, the Magic Fairy, a 1984 anime series

Vehicular and transport

• RMS Persia, a steamship built in 1856
• SS Persia, various steamships by this name
• Peugeot Persia, Iranian sedan motorcar

Other uses

• Persia (name), a Greek and Latin name for Iran
• Persia (trilobite)
• Persias Asmat, Asmat, South Papua, Indonesia; a soccer team

See also

• 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