parasang
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of parasang
C16: via Latin and Greek from a Persian word related to modern Persian farsang
Example Sentences
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Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their unwearying feet had tramped many a long parasang.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
The hippodrome occupied an area of three parasangs square, with an inner square measuring one parasang on each side, around which the races were run.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul
Plant the butt of your rod or pole firmly in the socket fitted for the purpose in all motor-stooter boats and let the fish run for about a parasang, and then strike and strike hard.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 by Various
When we found ourselves a parasang or two parasangs away from the city, we waxed athirst; and presently we came to a garden.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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