Xanthus

American  

[zan-thuhs] / ˈzæn θəs /

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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Xanthus British  

/ ˈzænθəs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

One was named Xanthus, an “alternative” bar where the bouncer was a girl named Big Hair.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2016

Even the great river of Troy, which the gods call Xanthus and men Scamander, took part and strove to drown Achilles as he crossed its waters.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

So on; a little Troy I see feigned from great Troy of fame, A Pergamus, a sandy brook that hath the Xanthus name,350 On threshold of a Scæan gate I stoop to lay a kiss.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

Latona came as a she-wolf from the Hyperboreans to Delos: she was conducted by wolves to the river Xanthus.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried

Like when Apollo leaveth Lycia, His wint'ring place, and Xanthus, stood likewise, To visit Delos his mother's mansion, Repairing eft and furnishing her quire.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James