[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A unit of length used in ancient Persia, originally the distance travelled in an hour and usually reckoned to be approx. 6 km (3.7 miles).

- Figurative and in extended use.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Eden (c1520–1576), translator. From classical Latin parasanga unit of length used in ancient Persia (Pliny) from ancient Greek παρασάγγης from an unattested Old Persian word, probably lit. ‘indicator, proclaimer’, with reference to some kind of mark or milestone on a highway (goes to Middle Persian frasang, Persian farsang)