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| Arabia |
a Southwest Asian peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. |
| Arabian Peninsula |
a peninsula in western Asia that lies between the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the northeast. The Indian Ocean borders the Arabian Peninsula on the southeast. Countries located on the peninsula include Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. |
| Arabic |
designating, pertaining to, or in the script used to write the Semitic language of the Arabs, or Persian, Urdu, and other languages. [1/3 definitions] |
| Assyria |
an ancient empire in Southwest Asia between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, with an extension into Egypt. |
| Babism |
a nineteenth-century Persian religion that forbade alcohol, polygamy, selling or buying slaves, and begging. |
| Babylonia |
an ancient empire of about 2800-700 B.C. in southwestern Asia at the head of the Persian Gulf. |
| Bahrain |
an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia. [1/2 definitions] |
| Dari |
the dialect of Persian spoken in Afghanistan and one of its two official languages, the other being Pashto. |
| Esther |
according to the Old Testament, the Jewish wife of a Persian king who saved her people from slaughter. [1/2 definitions] |
| Euphrates River |
a river that flows from eastern Turkey through Syria and Iraq. In southeastern Iraq, it joins the Tigris River and finally empties with it into the Persian Gulf. |
| Farsi |
the language of Iran and part of Afghanistan; modern Persian. |
| Haman |
according to the Old Testament, the grand vizier of the Persian empire who conspired to have the Jews of that country massacred, but who was hanged when his plot was exposed. |
| Himalayan |
any of a breed of domestic cat, bred by crossing Siamese and Persian cats, that has blue eyes and long, light-colored fur except on the face, ears, feet, and tail, which are dark. [1/3 definitions] |
| Iran |
a Middle Eastern country between Turkmenistan, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. |
| Iranian |
of or pertaining to Iran or its people, culture, or the like; Persian. [3/4 definitions] |
| Kuwait |
a Middle Eastern country at the northern end of the Persian Gulf. |
| mirza |
a distinguished title following the name of a Persian prince or preceding that of a high government official or distinguished scholar. |
| Omar Khayyam |
a Persian poet and mathematician (b.1050?--d.1123?). |
| Oriental rug |
any of various handwoven rugs made in Asia, usu. having colorful, intricate designs; Persian rug or carpet. |
| Parsi |
a member of a Zoroastrian sect in modern India that is descended from Persian Zoroastrians who fled Persia in the seventh and eighth centuries to escape religious persecution. [2 definitions] |
| peri |
a fairy or elf of Persian mythology that is descended from evil angels and must do penance before being admitted to paradise. |
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