Xanthus

[ zan-thuhs ]

noun
  1. an ancient city of Lycia, in SW Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Xanthus River: site of archaeological remains.

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How to use Xanthus in a sentence

  • After the Xanthus follows Patara, which is also a large city with a harbour, and containing a temple of Apollo.

  • So they went bouncing by like tumbleweeds, or like soap bubbles, and we plugged on toward Xanthus.

    A Martian Odyssey | Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
  • It was so monotonous that I was even glad to see the desert of Xanthus toward the evening of the second day.

    A Martian Odyssey | Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
  • They went bouncing by across Xanthus just as they'd bounced by us back in the Mare Chronium.

    A Martian Odyssey | Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
  • Esop boils one pea and sets it before Xanthus, who tastes it and bids him serve up.

British Dictionary definitions for Xanthus

Xanthus

/ (ˈzænθəs) /


noun
  1. the chief city of ancient Lycia in SW Asia Minor: source of some important antiquities

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