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A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet (just over two meters).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1995: And it will not yield more than ten sazhens of wood to the desyatina...and he is paying me at the rate of two hundred roubles. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 166)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Borrowed from Russian саже́нь /са́жень (sažénʹ).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Ingrian:
syli
— a Russian unit of length
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Kazakh:
сажын
(sajyn)
— a Russian unit of length
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Russian:
са́же́нь
(sážénʹ)
— a Russian unit of length
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Ukrainian:
са́жень
(sáženʹ)
— a Russian unit of length
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Yakut:
саһаан
(sahaan)
— a Russian unit of length
