Persea
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin persea, from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).
Proper noun
editPersea f
Synonyms
editEnglish
editProper noun
editPersea
- Obsolete form of Persia.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
- Unhappie Perſea, that in former age
Haſt bene the ſeat of mightie Conquerors,
That in their proweſſe and their pollicies,
Have triumpht ouer Affrike, and the bounds
Of Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare, […]