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Revision as of 18:57, 27 September 2011 by 85.133.201.6 (talk) (Fixed the misleading description for Iran's connection to Persia.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Persia may refer to the following:
- Iran, the country's exonym, officially and unofficially, in the West until 1935 was Persia. In that year the official exonym was equated with the ancient endonym, Iran, per Reza Shah Pahlavi's request. Unofficial use of the exonym by both Iranians and non-Iranians continues to this day.
- Quajari Persia
- Fars Province, a province in Iran, Fars being Persian, for Persia
- Persis or Pārs, a historic region in southwest Persia and the original power base of Achaemenids
- Persian Empire
- Persia, California
- SS Persia (1900), British ocean liner sunk by U-boat in 1915
- Persia (EP), 1984 extended-play record by Australian rock band The Church
- Persia, the Magic Fairy, a 1984 magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot
- Persia, Iowa
Persia is also a fictional empire from the Middle-Eastern folk tale, Aladdin.
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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