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sazhens

sazhens is the plural of sazhen.

Meaning of sazhen

Noun

sazhen (plural sazhens or sazheni)

  1. A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet (just over two meters).
    • For how if he were to end by getting drowned? True, the river’s normal level lay four sazheni down—the remembrance of that (for he had often descended thither to draw water) comforted him for a moment; […]1929, Ivan Nazhivin, translated by C[harles] J[ames] Hogarth, Rasputin (Continental Fiction), volume 1, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, page 169

Questions about sazhens

What is sazhens the plural of?
Sazhens is the plural of sazhen.

Words near sazhens in the dictionary

  1. sazeracs
  2. sazes
  3. sazetidine
  4. sazhen
  5. sazheni
  6. sazhens
  7. sazzes
  8. Saïd
  9. Saïda
  10. Saïs
  11. Saïtic

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