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farsangs

farsangs is the plural of farsang.

Meaning of farsang

Noun

farsang (plural farsangs)

  1. (historical) A Persian measure of distance, equivalent to about four miles.
    • From Chil-manor, vve rode to Moyovvn, eight Farſangs, or foure and tvventie miles, tvvixt vvhich tvvo Tovvnes is a high impregnable Mount, at vvhoſe top has ſtood a Caſtle, ſo fortified by nature and induſtrie, that it vvas thought impregnable.1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “Description of Shiras”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome...

Questions about farsangs

What is farsangs the plural of?
Farsangs is the plural of farsang.

Words near farsangs in the dictionary

  1. Farsakians
  2. Farsala
  3. farsalah
  4. farsalahs
  5. farsang
  6. farsangs
  7. farse
  8. farsed
  9. farsee
  10. farseeing
  11. farseeingness

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