פָּרַס

Aramaic of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539)

§ Persia = "pure" or "splendid"

the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south…