Virginia Beach County, it used to be called Princess Anne County. It was named after then-Princess, later Queen Anne
Persia (modern-day Iran)
No. Iraq used to be called Mesopotamia. It is Iran that used to be Persia.
The previous name of Iran was the QAJJAR KINGDOM OF PERSIA. The name of the country of Persia was changed to Iran in 1935 when Reza Shah Pahlavi overthrew the Qajjar Kingdom of Persia and created the Iranian Empire.
Bucks County is named after the English county of Buckinghamshire. Bucks County was given the name by William Penn in 1683. William Penn lived in Bucks County and his home still remains there.
Maycomb County is a fictional county used as the setting in To Kill a Mockingbird.Since it is fictional, you can say it was founded when Harper Lee wrote the book in 1960.
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Persia describes the modern region of Iran. It was named after a province in southwestern Iran, which is now called Fars, but was then called Pars. Pars eventually was called Parsa which the Greeks would pronounce as Persia.
Hereford is a city in Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States
Persia used to be a country Islam is a religion.
Smith County is named for Revolutionary War hero Major David Smith.
Persia was the old name of Iran.the correct term is Persia and it's the ancient name of Iran. Persian is the term used for people from Persia