1. an ancient Persian unit of distance, roughly equivalent to 3.5 miles or 5.6 kilometers
Usage: historical

Examples

• The army marched twenty parasangs through the desert.
• Ancient Persian roads were measured in parasangs.
• Xenophon recorded distances in parasangs during his retreat.
• The royal road stretched for many parasangs across the empire.
• Each parasang represented about an hour’s march for infantry.
• The distance between cities was calculated in parasangs.