Persian

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Persian may refer to:

• People and things from Iran, historically called Persia in the English language
  • Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
  • Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family, native language of ethnic Persians
    • Persian alphabet, a writing system based on the Arabic script
• People and things from the historical Persian Empire

Other uses

• Persian (patience), a card game
• Persian (roll), a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Persian (wine)
• Persian, Indonesia, on the island of Java
• Persian cat, a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and shortened muzzle
• The Persian, a character from Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera
• The Persians, an ancient Greek tragedy play written by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus in the 5th century BC
• Persian, a generation I Pokémon species
• Alpha Indi, star also known as "The Persian"

See also

• Persian Empire (disambiguation)
• Persian expedition (disambiguation) or Persian campaign
• Persian Gulf (disambiguation)
• Persian invasion (disambiguation)
• Persian music (disambiguation)
• Persian Sea (disambiguation)
• Persian War (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Persian
• Persia (disambiguation)
• Farsi (disambiguation)
• Parsi (disambiguation)
• Parsian (disambiguation)
• Iranian (disambiguation)
• List of Persia-related topics
• List of Persian-language poets and authors

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This page was last edited on 6 April 2024, at 15:23