Definitions for Chian

Chian Chi·an

Spelling: [kahy-uh n]
IPA: /ˈkaɪ ən/

Chian is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in Chian (achin).

Definitions for Chian

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Chios.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Chios or its inhabitants.

Origin of Chian

First recorded in 1625-35; Chi(os) + -an

Examples for Chian

This Formian wine (which I prefer to the Chian), how exquisite!

The slave markets of Northern Africa were glutted with Chian women and children.

From this ancient villany of the Chians the proverb arose, "The Chian hath bought himself a master."

Hence we may most naturally account for the belief that Homer was a Chian.

The slave-markets of Egypt and Tunis were glutted with Chian captives.

Dice, Chian, and the loveliest Greek singing girl that was ever seen.

It should seem that the horses are irrevocably Chian, and were transferred to Constantinople by Theodosius.

I want the fig of Chios, not a flavorless fig; and in you this Chian fig is flavorless.

When I was a long-haired boy, for I lived a Chian life from my youth up, my master's minion died.

If baked meats and Chian and Falernian cost less than in more modern times—still sumptuary laws were found necessary.

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