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
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
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
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
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
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