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verst
noun
A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres.
1918
: "Is it much further, Michael?" she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. "They say it's seven
versts
from this village." " Leo Tolstoy,
Anna Karenina
, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 604)
1988
: You have to tramp three or four
versts
to get to the exhibition of war loot, past Fabergé eggs and the Impressionists. " Anthony Burgess,
Any Old Iron
Etymology:
From Russian
ÑÑÑ
, partly through German
Werst
and French
verste
.
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