DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
persia
/'pɜrʒə/ · pɜrʒə
Persia has 2 syllables: per · sia.
per
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sia
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noun. 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.
noun. 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.
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