stades

/steɪdz/
noun
  1. Plural of stade; multiple ancient Greek units of length.
    • They measured the coastline in stades, each stade being about 185 meters.
    • The historian recorded the journey as being 500 stades long.
    • The distance between the two temples was said to be 20 stades.
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