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What does Pactolus mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Pactolus? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A river, formerly an important feature of ancient Lydia and said to contain gold; now rising and emptying in modern Turkey.
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And a voyage on the river Pactolus is open to any one who can paddle a canoe.
The Pactolus takes but the sand-drifts from the hoards lost to use in the Tmolus.
The god directed him to go and bathe in the Pactolus, and he should be restored to his former condition.
And even now the sands of Pactolus glitter with grains of gold-dust.
Pactolus Bank, visited by Sir Francis Drake, may fit into this category.
It was found mixed with the sands of the Pactolus and other rivers.

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