farsang

F4A1R1S1A1N1G2

noun

A Persian measure of distance, equivalent to about four miles.

OriginPersian فرسنگ →
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Meanings

nounfarsang (plural farsangs)

plural farsangs

  1. historicalA 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, →OCLC, page 65

Origin

  1. Persianفرسنگ
  2. Englishfarsang

From Persian فرسنگ (farsang). Doublet of parasang.

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APA

farsang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farsang

MLA

“farsang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farsang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farsang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farsang.

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