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Fars

 (färz, färs) or Far·si·stan (fär′sĭ-stăn′, -stän′)
A historical region of southern Iran along the Persian Gulf. It was more or less identical with the ancient province of Pars, which formed the nucleus of the Persian Empire. The Arabs changed the name after they conquered the region in the seventh century.
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Fars

(fɑrs)

n.
a province in SW Iran. 3,193,769; 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
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Este manojuelo de estudios que se presenta es una reflexion variada de la incidencia de la farsa en diversas manifestaciones novecentistas.
Lisa Block de Behar, "El fraude entre la ficcion y la farsa".
A STATE-sponsored lab analysis, performed by a German labour safety institute, showed that Limassol beaches have not been contaminated by the asbestos carried aboard the Farsa 2, the ship that sank off the townCOs coast in 1981.