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noun(Per-sian)one of the people of Persia: such as
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noun(Per-sian)one of the ancient Iranians who under Cyrus and his successors founded an empire in southwest Asia
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noun(Per-sian)a member of one of the peoples forming the modern Iranian nationality
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noun(Per-sian)any of a breed of stocky round-headed domestic cats that have a long silky coat and thick ruff
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noun(Per-sian)a pelt that is obtained from a newborn karakul lamb slightly older than those yielding broadtail and that is characterized by very silky tightly curled glossy fur
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noun(Per-sian)the young of the karakul sheep that furnishes skins used in furriery
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geographical name(Per-sian)arm of the Arabian Sea between southwestern Iran and Arabia
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geographical name(Per-sian)the Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and sometimes Iraq
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noun(Per-sian)any of the varieties of Persian in use from about 200 b.c. to about a.d. 1000
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noun(Per-sian)an ancient Iranian language known from cuneiform inscriptions from the sixth and fifth centuries b.c.