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Pactolian

Pactolian adjective: pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.

Adjective

Pactolian (comparative more Pactolian, superlative most Pactolian)

  1. Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.
  2. golden

Forms of Pactolian

comparativemore Pactolian
superlativemost Pactolian

Questions about Pactolian

What does Pactolian mean?
Pactolian means pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.
What part of speech is Pactolian?
Pactolian is an adjective.

Words near Pactolian in the dictionary

  1. pactioned
  2. pactioning
  3. pactions
  4. pactitious
  5. pactless
  6. Pactolian
  7. Pactolus
  8. pacts
  9. pactum de non petendo
  10. pactum illicitum
  11. pacu

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