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- noun Plural form of
parasang .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Also, “respected” overstates my running creds by several parasangs.
More on the Ornish plan | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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