Chio

chio English Etymology 1 From en it Chio, from en la Chios, from en grc Χίος. Proper noun en dated en Chios. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192: CHIO, Chios, Xio, or Scio, an Aſiatic iſland, lying near the coaſt of Ionia, in Natolia or Leſſer Aſia, about one hundred miles weſt of Smyrna. It is called by the Turks Sakiſaduci, and is about one hundred miles in circumference; being chiefly inhabited by Chriſtians of the Greek church, who are ſaid to have three hundred churches in the iſland... Chio is alſo the capital of the above iſland, ſituated on the eaſt coaſt... Etymology 2 From en yue 昭 ciu1. This surname is mostly found in Macau. Proper noun s en Cantonese. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Chio is the 34539th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 655 individuals. Chio is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (56.95%), Hispanic/Latino (21.37%) and White (20.61%) individuals. Further reading Anagrams en chio Oich Choi Italian Etymology it it la Chios? Pronunciation Chìo Proper noun f it island c/Greece in the eastern sea/Aegean Sea Chios Synonyms an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea it Ethalia obsolete, it Machri obsolete, it Pithiusa obsolete, it Scio dated Descendants en Chio Further reading Chio (isola) it it exonyms Japanese Romanization ちお Latin Pronunciation Chiō Proper noun la proper noun form Chiō f la Chios dat//abl