parasang
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of parasang
C16: via Latin and Greek from a Persian word related to modern Persian farsang
Example Sentences
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Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Mr. Ainsworth, following Mr. Hamilton and Colonel Leake, makes the parasang equal to 3 English miles, 180 yards, or 3 geographical miles of 1822 yards each.
From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby
Ibn-Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the 10th century, describes Balkh as built of clay, with ramparts and six gates, and extending half a parasang.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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