{"def":{"lit":"pure white fine wool","short":"Miletus, a city of Asia Minor","long":["a maritime city, now nearly 10 miles (16 km), from the coast of Caria or Ionia, near the mouth of the Maeander and 35 miles (55 km) from Ephesus"]},"deriv":"of uncertain origin","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈmi.le.tos","ipa_mod":"ˈmi.le̞.tows","sbl":"milētos","dic":"MEE-lay-tose","dic_mod":"MEE-lay-tose"},"comment":"It was the mother of about eighty colonies, the the birth place of Thales, Anaximander, and other famous men."}