parasangs

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A form of parasang — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of parasang
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