Fars

[ fahrs ]

/ fɑrs /

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a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).

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Also called Far·si·stan

[fahr-si-stan, -stahn] /ˈfɑr sɪˌstæn, -ˌstɑn/ .

For conspiracy mongering, no one does it better than the Jew-obsessed lunatics at Fars, as they proved on Monday.
Great and Fake: The Wild Absurdity Of Iranian And Russian State Media|Michael Moynihan|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The semiofficial Fars News Agency got its message out in an interview with Syrian parliamentarian Shehade Kamel.
Saudi King Condemns Syrian Regime|Babak Dehghanpisheh|August 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Four days distant stands Shiraz, or Fars, a large city, containing about ten thousand Jews.
Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al.
Everythings all right now, Hal, said he, so fars Im concerned.
Cursed|George Allan England

One with enough disposition to go so fars to lay his hand on her if she went past his patience.
Sudden Jim|Clarence Budington Kelland
Ill go so fars to say that both of youll know considable more about it after youve ketched it.
Sudden Jim|Clarence Budington Kelland
The district known to the ancients as Persis or Persia proper, corresponds roughly to the modern province of Fars.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch