Sassanid

American  

[suh-sah-nid, -san-id] / səˈsɑ nɪd, -ˈsæn ɪd /

Also Sassanian

noun

plural

Sassanids, Sassanidae

1. a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia a.d. 226–651.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sassanids or their dynasty.

Sassanid British  

/ ˈsæsənɪd /

noun

1. any member of the native dynasty that built and ruled an empire in Persia from 224 to 636 _a.d

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Other Word Forms

• Sassanian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Sassanid

1770–80; Sassan grandfather of first king of dynasty + -id ¹

Example Sentences

Named a World Heritage site in 2015, it was “an important center of the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman periods,” she added.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

The ancient city of Hatra fended off two Roman emperors and repulsed a ruler of Persia’s powerful Sassanid dynasty.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 10, 2015

They also took parts of the Sassanid Empire.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Byzantine and Sassanid empires had been in conflict for a long period of time and were exhausted militarily.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

But the Persians were not so ready as the Greeks to give up the contest; they did not rest until the Moslems had subjugated the whole of the Sassanid empire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various