PERSIAN EMPIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Persian Empire mean? 

• PERSIAN EMPIRE (noun)
  The noun PERSIAN EMPIRE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PERSIAN EMPIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSIAN EMPIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Persia; Persian Empire

Instance hypernyms:

empire; imperium (the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised)

Domain member region:

peri ((Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done)

Holonyms ("Persian Empire" is a part of...):

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)