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Chian
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chian
English
Etymology
From en Chios -an.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkiən/
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
en w:John Dyer The Ruins of Rome. A Poem. Poems. [...] Viz. I. Grongar Hill. II. The Ruins of Rome. III. The Fleece, in Four Books London Printed by John Hughs, for Messrs. R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley,in Pallmall. 1740 1759 42–43 https://books.google.com/books?id=A0gVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA42 991281870 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.
en 1841 William Jacobs The self-instructing Latin classic 187 More capacious bowls bring hither, boy, and the Chian wine or the Lesbian: or what might restrain this flowing qualm;
Derived terms
en Chian earth
en Chian turpentine
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Chios.
en Chiot
Anagrams
en achin China hican chain Chain Anich china Achin
en Greek demonyms
Indonesian
Etymology
From id hak - 全.
Proper noun
id Hakka
Irish
Pronunciation
ga /çiənˠ/
Proper noun
ga mutated proper noun
Cian