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

Well,—to be Xenophontic,—from the Race-Course that evening we marched one stadium, one parasang, to a cedar-grove up the road.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

Their unwearying feet had tramped many a long parasang.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

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

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