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Chian

//ˈkiən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.

    "Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Chios wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Chios.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Chios + -an.

Etymology 2

From Chios + -an.

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