I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Persian cat
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
carpet
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Rachaela put her foot on the red Persian carpet and started up, out of the scarlet ambience of the lamp.
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At the back of the synagogue, a pair of Persian carpets hangs alongside the cabinet that houses the Torah scrolls.
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In my eyes it was a Persian carpet .
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I used to stay until Claudette Colbert was unrolled from the Persian carpet , then I left.
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The patterns show every lace doily, rose window or Persian carpet you can imagine.
empire
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His outpost on the Dardanelles was within the Persian empire .
gulf
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S.-allied forces in the 1991 Persian gulf war.
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The neighboring Persian Gulf is even more volatile.
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In 1984 the two sides began to attack oil tankers in the Persian Gulf with modern missiles.
king
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As with the Persian kings , military service was expected in return.
rug
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Rubena Grigg, Orchard wallpaper in Buttermilk colourway, £13.50 per roll. Persian rug .
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The room we are in has a Persian rug and tiny tables and chairs.
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This is especially true of Persian rugs .
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It will make a Persian rug market look like a model of decorum and straight dealing.
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The polished wooden floor glowed richly, a Persian rug hand-woven in silk spread across the centre.
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Now it was gone, to the last Persian rug and Deco lamp.
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It is therefore not surprising that floral and garden designs feature prominently in Persian rugs .
war
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Success in the Persian wars and the establishment of control over the Thracian mines brought further enrichment to the treasuries.
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Is there more than a temporal relation between the Persian wars and the change?
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So, fifty years after the Athenian raid on Sardis, the great Persian War ended in a compromise.
word
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Harshang Takes its name from the Persian word for crab, but is probably based on either a floral or animal form.
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Dark, sensuous lilac is derived from the Persian word for midnight blue indigo, itself an import from the Indus.
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Another range of more finely knotted items are made in Persian designs.
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In my eyes it was a Persian carpet.
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In other accounts, Pliny the Elder wrote that Persian women massaged their faces with yogurt to prevent wrinkles.
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Naturalistic versions were found on older Caucasian items, and may still be encountered on some contemporary Persian workshop items.
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The sect did use assassination as a highly effective weapon, however, against other Persian groups.
II. noun
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In addition to the cuneiform inscriptions of Old Persian , there was also a closely related liturgical language known as Avestan.
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Suddenly the Persian came up behind him and took his arm.