Definition of Paraseng
Par"a*sang (?), n. [L. parasanga,
Gr. &?;, 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A Persian measure of length, varying from two to four miles.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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