Usually means: River historically associated with gold.
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  7. Pactolus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pactolus)

▸ noun:  A river, formerly an important feature of ancient Lydia and said to contain gold; now rising and emptying in modern Turkey.

Similar:
Lydia, Attalea, Lycaonia, Phocaea, Pamphylia, Lycia, Sardis, Troas, lade, Pisidian, more...

Opposite:
austerity, poverty, destitution

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Similar:
Lydia, Attalea, Lycaonia, Phocaea, Pamphylia, Lycia, Sardis, Troas, lade, Pisidian, more...

Opposite:
austerity, poverty, destitution



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