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Definition of Chios
1. Noun. An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece.
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Aegean Island
Derivative terms: Chian
Definition of Chios
1. Proper noun. one of the Aegean islands of Greece ¹
2. Proper noun. capital of the island ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chios
Literary usage of Chios
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"Stay of Isocrates at Chios, 404-403 BC Isocrates alone, so the story went, dared
to rise and make an attempt to plead for him. Theramenes begged him to ..."
2. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... ships coming from Chios were ю numerous, lie fled, inward Samo. ... nnd left
them nt Chios; nnd having manned these with substitutes from Chios, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The figs of Chios were noted in ancient times, but wine and gum mastic have always
been its most important products. The climate ¡.ч almost perfect, ..."
4. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"The municipal government of Chios consisted of five primates, of whom three were
chosen by the Orthodox, and two by the Catholics; the commercial tribunal ..."
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