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parasangs

parasangs is the plural of parasang.

Meaning of parasang

Noun

parasang (plural parasangs or parasang)

  1. 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.
    • To see so much difference betwixt words and deeds, so many parasangs betwixt tongue and heart […].

Questions about parasangs

What is parasangs the plural of?
Parasangs is the plural of parasang.

Words near parasangs in the dictionary

  1. parasailor
  2. parasailors
  3. parasails
  4. Parasan
  5. parasang
  6. parasangs
  7. Parasapas
  8. parasaurolophi
  9. parasaurolophin
  10. parasaurolophins
  11. parasaurolophus

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