Associations to the word «Parthia»

Wiktionary

PARTHIA, proper noun. (historical) a region in northeastern Iran
PARTHIA, proper noun. Territories corresponding to the empire ruled by dynasts from Parthia.

Dictionary definition

PARTHIA, noun. An ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats