parasang
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of parasang
C16: via Latin and Greek from a Persian word related to modern Persian farsang
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Parasang, par′a-sang, n. a Persian measure of length, containing 30 stadia, equal to about 3� miles.
From Project Gutenberg
Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.
From Time Magazine Archive
With 8,000 spectators looking on, Epatant, a bay colt owned by Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson, a third-generation racing Whitney, ran away from the field, finished two lengths in front of Cousin Sonny Whitney's Parasang, joined the list of this year's outstanding juveniles.
From Time Magazine Archive
For atheism, in whose false dry light I walked a parasang or two, did not only betray itself to me as a sham, but also turned my mind and soul to the sham I had shouldered for years.
From Project Gutenberg
Their unwearying feet had tramped many a long parasang.
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