Verst
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /vɜːst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Verst is a noun meaning A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.
Meaning
A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.
Example Sentences
|The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […]
You have to tramp three or four versts to get to the exhibition of war loot, past Fabergé eggs and the Impressionists.
‘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.’
Her particular part of the country was a few hundred versts the other side of Tamboff, with some fifteen miles of agrarian disturbance between her and the nearest neighbour.
Word Forms
- versts
- versta
- verste
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meter, kilostere, metre, kilometer, kilometre, kilounit.
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