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parasang

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpaɹəsaŋ/Sorted aaagnprsStarts with PEnds with G0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An ancient Persian distance unit of roughly six kilometers.

Word origin

From Latin parasanga, from Ancient Greek παρασάγγης (parasángēs), from unattested Old Persian *frasanhvah (indigenously attested only in Middle Iranian onwards); compare Middle Persian [script needed] (frasang /⁠plsng⁠/, “frasang (4 Roman miles)”) (whence Persian فرسنگ (farsang)). Doublet of farsang and farsakh.

Used in a sentence

  • To see so much difference betwixt words and deeds, so many parasangs betwixt tongue and heart […].
  • We were told that we still had to drive six or sixty parasang.

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