"Persis" meaning in English

See Persis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Latin Persis, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís). Doublet of Fars. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|Persis}} Latin Persis, {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|grc|Περσίς|}} Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), {{doublet|en|Fars}} Doublet of Fars Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Persis
  1. (historical) A region of ancient Iran in its southwest; modern Fars province. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Individuals Translations (region of ancient Iran): Περσίς (Persís) (Ancient Greek), Պարսք (Parskʿ) (Armenian), Persis [feminine] (German), Persis [feminine] (Latin), 𐭯𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭩 (Pārs) (Middle Persian), Պարսք (Parskʿ) (Old Armenian), 𐭐𐭀𐭓𐭎 (Pārs) (Parthian), پارس (pârs) (Persian), فارس (fârs) (Persian), Перси́да (Persída) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Persis-en-name-E9ir1JMK Disambiguation of Individuals: 36 20 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes, Old Armenian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 15 36 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 15 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís, “a Persian woman”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|grc|Περσίς||a Persian woman}} Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís, “a Persian woman”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Persis
  1. An early Christian, mentioned in the epistle to the Romans. Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Persis-en-name-vxFJgd3C Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 24 44 32 Disambiguation of Individuals: 36 20 44
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, in occasional use since the 16th century. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Persis-en-name-Ad2D070F Disambiguation of Individuals: 36 20 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for Persis meaning in English (5.7kB)

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