Xanthus
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 WeinbaumIt 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 WeinbaumThey went bouncing by across Xanthus just as they'd bounced by us back in the Mare Chronium.
A Martian Odyssey | Stanley Grauman WeinbaumEsop boils one pea and sets it before Xanthus, who tastes it and bids him serve up.
Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers | W. A. Clouston
British Dictionary definitions for Xanthus
/ (ˈzænθəs) /
the chief city of ancient Lycia in SW Asia Minor: source of some important antiquities
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