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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Given by Sir W. Hamilton as another name for camenes (which see). Probably a mistake for celantes.
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For this we are obliged to Solinus, who calls the city with the Grecian termination, Carystos; and says, that it was noted for its hot streams: [707] Carystos aquas calentes habet, quas
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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_tierras calentes_ of Cuernavaca and Guerrero to the famed port of the
The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Mayne Reid 1850
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