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une parasange un tiers

English translation: 1.33 parasanges/one and a third parasanges/4.4 miles/7 kms


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French term or phrase:une parasange un tiers
English translation:1.33 parasanges/one and a third parasanges/4.4 miles/7 kms
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15:07 Mar 1, 2009
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Art/Literary - Archaeology / Writing from late Antiquity / Middle ages
French term or phrase: une parasange un tiers
Document used to translate description of location of an ancient lost city, description dates from fourteenth century. Distance relates to about 7km
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1.33 parasanges/one and a third parasanges/4.4 miles/7 kms
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Ce dernier en donne même la position géographique : « Ilbîra est distante de Grenade d’à peu près une parasange un tiers (environ 7 km), ville très célèbre ...
www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php?do_id... - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

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5 +1a parasang and a thirdmaggiemw
31.33 parasanges/one and a third parasanges/4.4 miles/7 kmsliz askew
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a parasang and a third


Explanation:
A parasang is the English equivalent.

Definition of the parasang. ... parasang. 1. An ancient Persian unit of itinerant distance. For its modern counterpart, see farsakh. ...
www.sizes.com/units/parasang.htm - 4k

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1.33 parasanges/one and a third parasanges/4.4 miles/7 kms


Explanation:
Qantara - Couronne de lumière
- [ Translate this page ]
Ce dernier en donne même la position géographique : « Ilbîra est distante de Grenade d’à peu près une parasange un tiers (environ 7 km), ville très célèbre ...
www.qantara-med.org/qantara4/public/show_document.php?do_id... - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:htYivq86F0gJ:www.factmo...

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Curious Words and Phrases
Also known as a Laodicean, a word derived from an ancient Phrygian city noted for its lukewarm .... Why should we have lost demit (send away) but saved commit? .... parasang n. ancient-Persian measure of length, about 3¼ miles [5.2 km]. ...
f2.org/humour/language/oddwords.html - 46k - Cached - Similar pages

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Weights, Measures and Volumes of the Ancient Mediterranean
In became an international city, as well as a Mediterranean centre of ...... Although full knowledge of the ancient British league was lost, ...... They also had many other units, including a Parasang of 4 Greek miles or 21000 feet. ...
www.celticnz.co.nz/Weights_Measures_Volumes/Weights_Measure... - 256k - Cached - Similar pages

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seems to be one of the favourites in Scrabble!

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