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Chalybes

Chalybes noun: a people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel.

Noun

Chalybes pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel.

Questions about Chalybes

What does Chalybes mean?
Chalybes means a people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel.
What part of speech is Chalybes?
Chalybes is a noun.

Words near Chalybes in the dictionary

  1. Chalybean
  2. Chalybeans
  3. chalybeate
  4. chalybeates
  5. chalybeous
  6. Chalybes
  7. chalybite
  8. chalybites
  9. chalypsography
  10. cham
  11. chama

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