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

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

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

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

They discharge themselves into the Euphrates, are distant from each other one parasang, and there are bridges over them.

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