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

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

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

Their unwearying feet had tramped many a long parasang.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

So they obeyed his bidding and laid its foundations and marked with large stones the lines thereof which measured a parasang of length by a parasang of breadth.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir