Explore Persia through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like empire or imperium. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Persia in a sentence
Related words
Persia meaning
- The former term referring to Iran.
- Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
- Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, especially the first of the two.
Using Persia
- The main meaning on this page is: The former term referring to Iran. | Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran. | Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, especially the first of the two.
- Useful related words include: persian empire, empire, imperium, iran.
- In the example corpus, persia often appears in combinations such as: of persia, persia and, in persia.
Context around Persia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Persia
- In this selection, "persia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, separate, power, century, series, film and now stand out and add context to how "persia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include prince of persia the lost and 5th century persia by revealing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "persia" sits close to words such as alluded, apostolic and babe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with persia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Was the King of Persia (now Iran) Jewish? (8 words)
The Prince of Persia film has since been accused of whitewashing. (11 words)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands offers fresh and interesting storylines and gameplay mechanics. (14 words)
The Rogue Prince of Persia was delayed earlier after the unexpected early access launch of drew the attention of many gamers, including members of The Rogue Prince of Persia's development team. (32 words)
At Wesley College, we studied World History in Form 1. So we learnt about the Sumerians and empires such as the Mongol, the Quing, those of Persia, Greece, Rome and the Ottoman. (32 words)
Persia and Iraq were to be split from Middle East Command as a separate Persia and Iraq Command and Auchinleck was offered the post of C-in-C (which he refused). (31 words)
Was the King of Persia (now Iran) Jewish? (8 words)
GamesBeat: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, then, was not one of these things you were directly in on at that time? (22 words)
I know of just one and even that one wasn't exactly Persia/Iran but it's outside rulers! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Rogue Prince of Persia was delayed earlier after the unexpected early access launch of drew the attention of many gamers, including members of The Rogue Prince of Persia's development team.
Persia and Iraq were to be split from Middle East Command as a separate Persia and Iraq Command and Auchinleck was offered the post of C-in-C (which he refused).
Although Jordan Mechner is most famous for creating the Prince of Persia series, Karateka predated that franchise and trailblazing narrative and animation in video games.
An amphora that is part of the Panagyurishte Treasure from the National Historical Museum, Bulgaria, displayed in Luxury & Power: Persia to Greece at the British Museum.
Even Zoraster, the man who created Zoroastrianism into one of the largest world religions during the time of Christ, had ties with the king and queen of Persia.
King Cyrus of Persia is known, even in secular history, for being an incredibly tolerant leader who allowed those under him to practice their religious beliefs.
Meanwhile, the villain of the Purim story, who plots a genocide of Persia’s Jews, is Haman the “Agagite,” a descendent of Amalek.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands offers fresh and interesting storylines and gameplay mechanics.
Queen Esther, in 5th century Persia, by revealing the truth about her culture and identity, saved her people from death.
The holiday of Purim, which begins on Monday evening, March 6, commemorates the saving of the Jews of Persia from being killed.
The Prince of Persia film has since been accused of whitewashing.
Was the King of Persia (now Iran) Jewish?
At Wesley College, we studied World History in Form 1. So we learnt about the Sumerians and empires such as the Mongol, the Quing, those of Persia, Greece, Rome and the Ottoman.
GamesBeat: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, then, was not one of these things you were directly in on at that time?
I hit a roadblock about three-fourths of the way throughPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
I know of just one and even that one wasn't exactly Persia/Iran but it's outside rulers!
In the story, Esther is an orphan and beautiful young woman, cared for by a relative named Mordecai, while the Jews are exiled in ancient Persia.
Little concrete is known about Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Mask of Darkness DLC, but its small teaser is not without its hints.
Meanwhile, Evil Empire The Rogue Prince of Persia into early access, so that team will continue building on that project to get it ready for its full release.
Persia still possessed a powerful navy that could threaten Greece and Macedonia, so Alexander needed to destroy all its bases.
Common combinations with persia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of persia 59×
- persia and 28×
- in persia 25×
- to persia 20×
- persia the 18×
- from persia 11×
- and persia 11×
- persia in 8×
- against persia 7×
- persia to 6×