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Parasang
Pronunciation : Par"a*sang
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. parasanga, Gr. farsang.]
Definition : Defn: 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
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