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‖ yojan, yojana E. Indian.|ˈjəʊdʒən|, |ˈjəʊdʒənə|
Also -en, -unu.
[Hindi yójan, Skr. yójana, yoking, measure of distance (lit. that travelled at one time without unyoking), f. yóga: see yoke n.1]
A measure of distance, varying locally from about four to ten miles.
1784W. Chambers in Asiatick Researches (1788) I. 155 South of the Ganges two hundred Yojen. 1784W. Hastings ibid. 259 That ancient city [sc. Audh] extended..over a line of ten Yojans, or about forty miles. 1820W. Ward View Hindoos (ed. 3) IV. 315 The circumference of the earth is 5,059 yojŭnŭs. 1834Nat. Philos. III. Hist. Astron. App. 122 (U.K.S.) The Brahmins suppose the Earth to be spherical: they suppose the diameter divided into 1600 equal parts called yojanas. 1883E. Arnold Ind. Idylls 171 Who else Could in one day drive fivescore yojanas? |