parasang

American  

[par-uh-sang] / ˈpær əˌsæŋ /

noun

1. an ancient Persian unit of distance, equal to about 3.5 miles (5.6 km).

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parasang British  

/ ˈpærəˌsæŋ /

noun

1. a Persian unit of distance equal to about 5.5 km or 3.4 miles

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Etymology

Origin of parasang

C16: via Latin and Greek from a Persian word related to modern Persian farsang

Example Sentences

Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.

From Time Magazine Archive

The building is situated on a high hill, one parasang from the city, and on a tongue of land which the sea surrounds on three sides.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 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

But Rennell thinks the parasang not more than 2.78 English miles.

From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby

The 9th of August we went only one parasang to a river.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert