Definitions for parasang

parasang par·a·sang

Spelling: [par-uh-sang]
IPA: /ˈpær ə sæŋ/

Parasang is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in parasang (aaagnprs).

Definitions for parasang

noun

  1. an ancient Persian unit of distance, equal to about 3.5 miles (5.6 km).

Examples for parasang

parasang was doubtless himself a striking person when he was young.

One parasang to Gran David, formerly the large city of Gibeon.

But Rennell thinks the parasang not more than 2.78 English miles.

parasang once told me about this second wooing of his wife—and it was droll.

They replied that he was not there, but about a parasang off.

The Persian parasang some say contains 60, others 30 or 40, stadia.

They had ordered a fine coffin for parasang, and when I came he was lying in it.

Nineveh is on the Tigris, distant one parasang from the town of Arbil.

parasang had drifted here, and was a reasonably well-to-do man.

I could not always tell what parasang meant when he said things.

Word Value for parasang
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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