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  • noun Plural form of parasang.

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Examples

  • It might have been more appropriate to calculate the distance in Greek parasangs since we were in Cyrenaïca, but why bother; it would not have saved my sore backside.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

  • Menbigz, or Hierapolis, at the distance of four parasangs from the city.] * Djisr Manbedj is the same with the ancient Zeugma.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • On the third day the trouble intensified, and the whole army would have perished if a certain barbarian prisoner had not pointed out to them the Helibacia river, which was four parasangs distant.

    De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » A Byzantine campaign in the Balkans (594), according to Theophylact Simocatta 2009

  • Adan (our Aden) a square of ten parasangs (or leagues each = 18,000 feet) every way, the walls were of red (baked) brick 500 cubits high and 20 broad, with four gates of corresponding grandeur.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The learned Prof. de Goeje (Arabishe Berichten over Japan, Amsterdam, Muller, 1880) informs us that in Canton the name of Japan is Wo – Kwok, possibly a corruption of Koku-tan, the ebony-tree (Diospyros ebenum) which Ibn Khor-dábah and others find together with gold in an island 4,500 parasangs from Suez and East of China.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Also, “respected” overstates my running creds by several parasangs.

    More on the Ornish plan | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • Barid applies equally to the post-mule, the rider and the distance from one station (Sikkah) to another which varied from two to six parasangs.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Passing on from thence in four stages of twenty parasangs, they reached a large and prosperous well-populated city, which went by the name of Gymnias78, from which the governor of the country sent them a guide to lead them through

    Anabasis 2007

  • From this place he continued his march through Syria nine stages — fifty parasangs — and they reached the river Araxes.

    Anabasis 2007

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