Persian

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Persian may refer to:

People and things from Iran, historically called Persia in the English language
- Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
- Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family, native language of ethnic Persians
  - Persian alphabet, a writing system based on the Arabic script
People and things from the historical Persian Empire

Other uses

Persian (patience), a card game
Persian (roll), a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario
Persian (wine)
Persian, Indonesia, on the island of Java
Persian cat, a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and shortened muzzle
The Persian, a character from Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera
The Persians, an ancient Greek tragedy play written by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus in the 5th century BC
Persian, a generation I Pokémon species
Alpha Indi, star also known as "The Persian"