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Parasang

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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parasang'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/parasang.html. 1828.
 
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