parasang
[par-uh-sang]
- an ancient Persian unit of distance, equal to about 3.5 miles (5.6 km).
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Historical Examples
They replied that he was not there, but about a parasang off.
But Rennell thinks the parasang not more than 2.78 English miles.
One parasang to Gran David, formerly the large city of Gibeon.
Early Travels in PalestineArculf et al.
Nineveh is on the Tigris, distant one parasang from the town of Arbil.
Early Travels in PalestineArculf et al.
The Persian parasang some say contains 60, others 30 or 40, stadia.
parasang
- a Persian unit of distance equal to about 5.5 km or 3.4 miles
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Word Origin
C16: via Latin and Greek from a Persian word related to modern Persian farsang
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