Parthia

American  

[pahr-thee-uh] / ˈpɑr θi ə /

noun

1. an ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE Iran.

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Parthia British  

/ ˈpɑːθɪə /

noun

1. a country in ancient Asia, southeast of the Caspian Sea, that expanded into a great empire dominating SW Asia in the 2nd century _bc It was destroyed by the Sassanids in the 3rd century _ad

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Example Sentences

Karthik Iyer, a group vice president and head of merchandising transformation and AI at Albertsons, said the grocery store operator is using the tech to help answer questions based on company data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

An Indian national, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, who worked for both companies as technical superintendent for the ship, the M/V Dali, is also named in the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

“Lets do a test,” Dundon wrote to two of his senior employees, Karthik Chandrasekhar and Steve Zemaitis.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

An influential study by economists Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar found that the broader, economy-wide impacts of the scheme boosted beneficiary households' earnings by 14% and cut poverty by 26%.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Discussing the initiative were Karthik Ramanna, a business professor at the University of Oxford and a founder of the E-Ledgers Institute, and Gabriella Dorlhiac, secretary-general of the International Chamber of Commerce, Brasil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025