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PARASANG
Etymology
Noun
parasang (plural parasangs or parasang)
A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres. [from 16th c.]
Anagrams
• parganas, spargana
Source: Wiktionary
Par"a*sang, n. Etym: [L. parasanga, Gr. farsang.]
Definition: A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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