noun
1. 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
• Syn: ↑Persian Empire
• Members of this Region: ↑peri
• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia
2. 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
• Syn: ↑Iran, ↑Islamic Republic of Iran
• Members of this Region: ↑Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, ↑MKO, ↑MEK, ↑People's Mujahidin of Iran, ↑Usuli, ↑ayatollah
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation
• Member Holonyms: ↑Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, ↑OPEC
• Part Holonyms: ↑Middle East, ↑Mideast, ↑Near East, ↑Asia, ↑Gulf States
• Part Meronyms:
↑Teheran, ↑Tehran, ↑capital of Iran, ↑Iranian capital, ↑Abadan, ↑Bam, ↑Mashhad, ↑Meshed, ↑Isfahan, ↑Esfahan, ↑Aspadana, ↑Rasht, ↑Resht, ↑Shiraz, ↑Tabriz, ↑Urmia, ↑Orumiyeh, ↑Qum, ↑Persepolis, ↑Kurdistan, ↑Dasht-e-Kavir, ↑Kavir Desert, ↑Great Salt Desert, ↑Dasht-e-Lut, ↑Lut Desert, ↑Demavend, ↑Caspian, ↑Caspian Sea, ↑Lake Urmia, ↑Daryacheh-ye Orumiyeh
Useful english dictionary. 2012.