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Xanthos

Xanthos proper noun: an ancient city in Antalya Province, Turkey, formerly in Lycia.

Proper noun

Xanthos

  1. An ancient city in Antalya Province, Turkey, formerly in Lycia.
    • Two days on from Xanthos, the trail brought me back to the coast by the ruins of Patara, capital of the Lycian League.2023 September 7, Alastair Gill, “The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy”, in BBC Travel, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2023

Words formed from Xanthos

Questions about Xanthos

What does Xanthos mean?
Xanthos means an ancient city in Antalya Province, Turkey, formerly in Lycia.
What part of speech is Xanthos?
Xanthos is a proper noun.

Words near Xanthos in the dictionary

  1. xanthorioid
  2. xanthorism
  3. xanthorrhizol
  4. xanthorrhoea
  5. xanthorrhoeas
  6. Xanthos
  7. xanthose
  8. xanthoses
  9. xanthosiderite
  10. xanthosiderites
  11. xanthosine

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