Persia
English
Etymology
From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Persia
- (historical, archaic) The former term referring to Iran in the West.
- Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
- (historical, archaic) Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, specially the first of the two.
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Translations
region of ancient Iran
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Iran — see Iran
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpersiɑ/, [ˈpe̞rs̠iɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ersiɑ
- Syllabification(key): Per‧si‧a
Declension
| Inflection of Persia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Persia | — | ||
| genitive | Persian | — | ||
| partitive | Persiaa | — | ||
| illative | Persiaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Persia | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Persia | — | |
| gen. | Persian | |||
| genitive | Persian | — | ||
| partitive | Persiaa | — | ||
| inessive | Persiassa | — | ||
| elative | Persiasta | — | ||
| illative | Persiaan | — | ||
| adessive | Persialla | — | ||
| ablative | Persialta | — | ||
| allative | Persialle | — | ||
| essive | Persiana | — | ||
| translative | Persiaksi | — | ||
| abessive | Persiatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.sja/
- Rhymes: -ɛrsja
- Hyphenation: Pèr‧sia
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈper.si.a/, [ˈpɛrs̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈper.si.a/, [ˈpɛrsiä]
Proper noun
Persia f sg (genitive Persiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Persia |
| Genitive | Persiae |
| Dative | Persiae |
| Accusative | Persiam |
| Ablative | Persiā |
| Vocative | Persia |
| Locative | Persiae |
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References
- “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Persia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɾsja/ [ˈpeɾ.sja]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eɾsja
- Syllabification: Per‧sia
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