noun
- 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.