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

Places

Nepal

Parsa, Rupandehi Parsa is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3380 people living in 507 individual household ...

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

Parsa District Parsa District (), 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 population (2001) of 497,219. According to the lo ...

, a district in Narayani Zone, Nepal *

Parsa National Park Parsa National Park is a national park in the Terai of south-central Nepal covering an area of in the Parsa, Makwanpur and Bara Districts and ranging in elevation from in the Sivalik Hills. It was established as a wildlife reserve in 1984 and ...

, south-central Nepal * Parsa Bazar, a town east of Bharatpur, in Chitwan District, Nepal

Other places

Persis Persis (, ''Persís;'' Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, ''Parsa''), also called Persia proper, is a historic region in southwestern Iran, roughly corresponding with Fars province. The Persian ethnic group are thought to have initially migrated ...

, 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

Persepolis Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...

, 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 ...

, a village in Jharkhand, India

People

Given name

Parsa Pirouzfar Parsa Pirouzfar (; born 13 September 1972) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, painter, playwright and translator. He is best known for his role in '' In the Eyes of the Wind'' (2009–2010), and ''Mum's Guest'' (2004). He has received various ...

(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 natur ...

(1907–1997), Iranian botanist * Ali Parsa (born 1965), British-Iranian healthcare entrepreneur and former investment banker * Asghar Parsa (1919–2007), member of Iran's National Front *

Davood Parsa-Pajouh Davood Parsa-Pajouh (Persian language, Persianداوود پارساپژوه) was a prominent scholar at the University of Tehran. He was professor of the Department of Forest product, Wood Science and Technology at the Faculty of Natural Resou ...

, 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 (; 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. Parsa was an outspoken supporter ...

(1922–1980), Iranian physician, educator, parliamentarian and government minister * Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (died 1460), a spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi order of Sufism *

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

, Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * Nasrat Parsa (1968–2005), Afghan singer * Niloofar Parsa, Iranian actress * Reza Parsa, 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) *

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 ...

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 Syriac ecclesiastical province), former ecclesiastical province in the Church of ...

Persia (disambiguation) Persia, or Iran, is a country in Western Asia. Persia or Persias, may also refer to: Places * The Achaemenid Empire (550 BC–330 BC), an ancient Iranian empire * The Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) * The Sasanian Empire (224–661) * The Tah ...