Parasang
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Etymology


From , from , from unattested .

Noun



  1. A Persian measure of length, varying from two to four miles.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books 2001, p. 66:
      To see so much difference betwixt words and deeds, so many parasangs betwixt tongue and heart [...].
 
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