Definitions for verstvɜrst, vɛrst

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verstvɜrst, vɛrst(n.)

or verste

  1. a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile (1.067 km).

    Category: Weights and Measures

Origin of verst:

1545–55; 蠐 Russ verstá; ORuss vĭrsta age, agemate, pair, measure of length < Slavic *vĭrsta lit., turn, bend, akin to L vertere to turn (see verse )

Princeton's WordNet

  1. verst(noun)

    a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)

Wiktionary

  1. verst(Noun)

    A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2/3 of a mile.

  2. Origin: From верста, partly through German Werst and French verste.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Verst(noun)

    a Russian measure of length containing 3,500 English feet


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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