Chaonia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χᾱονῐ́ᾱ (Khāonĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰaːˈo.ni.a/, [kʰäːˈɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈo.ni.a/, [käˈɔːniä]

Proper noun

Chāonia f sg (genitive Chāoniae); first declension

1. the ancient northwestern region of Epirus, modern Greece

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Chāonia
genitive	Chāoniae
dative	Chāoniae
accusative	Chāoniam
ablative	Chāoniā
vocative	Chāonia

Related terms

• Chāonēs
• Chāonis
• Chāonius

References

• Chaones in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Epeirus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly