Parsa ( Persian: پارسا ''pārsā'') as a given name or surname is from Persian origin meaning "devout, pious". It may refer to:

Places

Nepal

* Parsa, Rupandehi, a village development committee in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Zone, Nepal * Parsa, Sarlahi, a rural municipality in Sarlahi District, Nepal *

Parsa District Parsa District ( ne, पर्सा जिल्ला), a part of Madhesh Province in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birgunj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a populati ...

, a district in Narayani Zone, Nepal * Parsa National Park, south-central Nepal * Parsa Bazar, a town east of Bharatpur, in Chitwan District, Nepal

Other places

Persis Persis ( grc-gre, , ''Persís''), better known in English as Persia ( Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, ''Parsa''; fa, پارس, ''Pârs''), or Persia proper, is the Fars region, located to the southwest of modern-day Iran, now a province. T ...

, an exonym for the region in southwest Iran with the endonym "Parsa". * Parsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency), an assembly constituency in Bihar, India * Parsa, Ghazipur, a village in Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh, India * Pārsa or

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, a city built by Darius the Great, serving as capital of the Achaemenid Empire in Persia (Iran) * Parsa, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Parsa, Godda Parsa is a village in Mahagama CD block in Godda subdivision of Godda district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Parsa is located at . Parsa has an area of . Overview The map shows a hilly area with the Ra ...

, a village in Jharkhand, India

People

Given name

Parsa Pirouzfar Parsa Pirouzfar ( fa, پارسا پیروزفر, born 13 September 1972) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, painter, playwright and translator. He is best known for his acting in '' In the Eyes of the Wind'' (2009–2010) and '' Mum's Guest'' ...

(born 1972), Iranian actor, theatre director, acting instructor, playwright, translator

Surname

Ahmad Parsa Ahmad Parsa (1907 in Tafresh, Iran – July 4, 1997 in California) was an Iranian botanist. After obtaining his doctorate in France, he returned to Iran and became the first modern professor of Botany at Tehran in 1933. He helped establish a natura ...

(1907–1997), Iranian botanist * Ali Parsa (born 1965), British-Iranian healthcare entrepreneur and former investment banker *

Asghar Parsa Asghar Parsa ( fa, اصغر پارسا; 1919-2007) was a prominent member of Iran's National Front. After graduating from Tehran University's School of Law, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was elected to Majlis from Khoy in 1951 ...

(1919–2007), member of Iran's National Front * Davood Parsa-Pajouh, Iranian scholar at the University of Tehran * FakhrAfagh Parsa (1898–?), Iranian journalist during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and a member of the Women's Movement in Iran *

Farrokhroo Parsa Farrokhroo Parsa ( fa, فرخ‌رو پارسا; 24 March 1922 – 8 May 1980) was an Iranian physician, educator, and parliamentarian. She served as minister of education under Amir Abbas Hoveida and was the first female cabinet minister. Pa ...

(1922–1980), Iranian physician, educator, parliamentarian and government minister *

Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (died 1461) was a 15th-century Sufi of the Naqshbandi order from the city of Balkh ), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001 , pushpin_map=Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_rel ...

(died 1460), a spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi order of Sufism *

Michael Parsa Michael Parsa ( fa, میکائیل پارسا) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 general election. He represents the riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, and is a member o ...

, Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

Nasrat Parsa Nasrat Parsa ( fa, نصرت پارسا, February 22, 1968 – May 8, 2005) was an Afghan singer. Up until his death, he continued his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, occasionally touring other countries. Personal life upNasrat Parsa Ba ...

(1968–2005), Afghan singer *

Niloofar Parsa Niloofar Parsa ( fa, نیلوفر پارسا; born April 16, 1990) in Tehran, is a film and television actress He is the wife of Milad Asadollahi. Niloofar Parsa is a bachelor's degree in IT engineering (information technology) who started in ...

, Iranian actress *

Reza Parsa Reza Parsa is a Swedish film director. At the age of 22, he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, ''Never (Gränsen)'', ...

, Swedish film director

Other uses

* ''Parsa'' (TV series), a Pakistani drama TV series *PARSA, an early name of Turismo Aéreo, today known as

Air Panama Air Panama is a regional airline based at Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport in Panama, and is currently the second-largest air carrier in the country, surpassed only by Copa Airlines. The carrier offers both scheduled and charte ...

Pars (disambiguation) Pars may refer to: * Fars Province of Iran, also known as Pars Province * Pars (Sasanian province), a province roughly corresponding to the present-day Fars, 224–651 * ''Pars'', for ''Persia'' or ''Iran'', in the Persian language * Pars News ...

Parsi (disambiguation) The Parsis are a Zoroastrian community of South Asia. Parsi or Parsis may also refer to: Places * Parsi, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Parsi, Bihar, a village in India * Pärsi, village in Viljandi County in southern Estonia Ot ...

Fars (disambiguation) Fars, FARs or FARS may refer to: Iran-related * Fars Province, a province in Iran ** Dialects of Fars, a number of dialects spoken in the Fars province *Fars (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province), former ecclesiastical province in the Church o ...

Persia (disambiguation) Persia, or Iran, is a country in Western Asia. Persia may also refer to: Places * The Achaemenid Empire (550 B.C. to 330 B.C.), an ancient Iranian empire based in Western Asia and founded by Cyrus the Great. * The Sasanian Empire (224–661) * T ...

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