Former name of Iran
The crossword clue "Former name of Iran" is answered by PERSIA, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PERSIA
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Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PERSIA
Every other clue in this collection answered by PERSIA, most used first.
- Iran, once - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Iran, formerly - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Iran's former name - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Old Iran - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
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