Panchaia

American  

[pahn-chee-uh] / pɑnˈtʃi ə /

noun

1. an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.

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Example Sentences

They saye that they came of the bloude of Iupiter Manasses, at suche time as he came firste into Panchaia, hauinge the whole worlde vndre his dominion.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard

Sed neque Medorum silvae ditissima terra, Nec pulcher Ganges atque auro turbidus Hermus Laudibus Italiae certent, non Bactra, neque Indi Totaque turiferis Panchaia pinguis harenis.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

"Sed neque Medorum silvae, ditissima terra, Nec pulcher Ganges atque auro turbibus Hermus Laudibus Italiae certent, non Bactra, neque Indi, Totaque turiferis Panchaia pinguis arenis."

From The Unclassed by Gissing, George

Sed neque Medorum sylvæ, ditissima terra, Nec pulcher Ganges, atque auro turbidus Hermus, Laudibus Italiæ certent; non Bactra, neque Indi, Totaque thuriferis Panchaia pinguis arenis.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

He relates how he came to an island, Panchaia, in the Indian Ocean, and in a temple there found a lengthy inscription in which Uranos, Kronos, Zeus and other gods recorded their exploits.

From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg