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Webster 1913 Edition

Parasang

Par′a-sang

,
Noun.
[L.
parasanga
, Gr. [GREEK], from Old Persian; cf. Per.
farsang
.]
A Persian measure of length, which, according to
Herodotus
and
Xenophon
, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parasang

PAR'ASANG

,
Noun.
A persian measure of length, which Herodotus states to be thirty stadia, nearly four English miles; but in different times and places, it has been 30, 40 or 50 stadia.

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