Parsa

Parsa is a term that can refer to multiple places and uses in geography, history, and onomastics. In historical and geographical contexts, Parsa is the ancient name of the heartland of the Persian peoples. The Old Persian form Pārsa denotes the region later associated with the area of Pars, or Fars, in southwestern Iran. In inscriptions of the Achaemenid and other sources, Parsa is used to denote the homeland of the Persians and the people called Pārsa (plural Pārsa-). The modern province of Fars in Iran is commonly linked to this ancestral region.

In Nepal, Parsa District is a district of Province No. 2, located in the southern Terai bordering India. It forms part of the Narayani Subregion; the district capital is Birgunj, a major trading city and border crossing. The district is one of Nepal’s administrative divisions and has a mix of agricultural activity and growing industry.

As a name, Parsa is used as a given name and surname in various Persian-speaking and South Asian communities. It can be found in personal names across Iran, Afghanistan, and parts of India and Nepal, sometimes reflecting geographic or ancestral connections.

Parsa thus denotes both a historic Persian region and a contemporary district in Nepal, while also functioning as a personal name in several cultures. The precise reference depends on the historical, geographic, or cultural context in which it appears.