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PERSIAN EMPIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Persia; Persian Empire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
empire; imperium (the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised)
Domain member region:
peri ((Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done)
Holonyms ("Persian Empire" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
