Pars

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Pars is the ancient name for the region and people of Persia, from which the term "Persian" is derived.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pars canonical 7
Parsa (Old Persian form of Persians) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region
cultural region
historical region
associatedWithDynasty Achaemenid dynasty
Sasanian Empire
surface form: Sasanian dynasty
associatedWithEmpire Achaemenid Empire
Sasanian Empire
capitalOf Achaemenid Empire
country Persia
ethnonymFor Iranian peoples
surface form: Persian people
etymology source of the Greek term Persis
source of the Latin term Persis
hasCapital Pasargadae
Persepolis
hasLegacyIn name of the Parsi community in India
term Farsi for Persian language
hasNotableSite Naqsh-e Rostam
Pasargadae
Persepolis
historicalLanguageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
historicalPeriod 1st millennium BCE
early 1st millennium CE
historicalSignificance core homeland of the Persians
influenced Iranian identity
Persian culture
Persian language
knownAs Fars
Persis
languageOf Old Persian
laterReligionDominant Islam
locatedIn Iranian plateau
surface form: Iranian Plateau

southwestern Iran
modernCountry Iran
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
modernSuccessorRegion Fars Province
nameOriginOf Persia
Persian
partOf Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Empire
peopleDemonym Parsis
surface form: Parsi

Persians
preIslamicReligionDominant Zoroastrianism
regionType ethno-cultural homeland
religionHistoricallyPracticed Zoroastrianism
usedIn Latin sources
ancient Greek sources

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persians ethnonymOrigin Pars
Middle Persian language region Pars
subject surface form: Middle Persian
Persis knownAs Pars
Fars historicalNameOf Pars
Parsa peopleDemonym Pars
this entity surface form: Parsa (Old Persian form of Persians)
Parsa relatedTerm Pars
Istakhr region Pars