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"text": "We were told that we still had to drive six or sixty parasang."
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"sense": "historical Iranian unit of distance",
"word": "հրասախ"
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"word": "հրասախ"
},
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"sense": "historical Iranian unit of distance",
"word": "parasange"
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"roman": "parasángēs",
"sense": "historical Iranian unit of distance",
"word": "παρασάγγης"
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"sense": "historical Iranian unit of distance",
"word": "parasanga"
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"sense": "historical Iranian unit of distance",
"word": "parasanga"
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"sense": "historical Iranian unit of distance",
"word": "параса́нг"
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"word": "фарса́х"
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