Persia - Definition
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: Persia, 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 [syn: Iran, Islamic
Republic of Iran, Persia]