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Parsa () 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, 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

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


Surname

* Ahmad Parsa (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, 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 (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, 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) *
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 ...


See also

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Parashah The term ''parashah'', ''parasha'' or ''parashat'' ( ''Pārāšâ'', "portion", Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian , Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardi , plural: ''parashot'' or ''parashiyot'', also called ''parsha'') formally means a section of a biblical book ...
, section of the Hebrew Bible {{Disambig, geo, given name, surname