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Chian

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English

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Etymology

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From Chios +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Chian (comparative more Chian, superlative most Chian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
    • 1740, John Dyer, “The Ruins of Rome. A Poem.”, in 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, [], published 1759, →OCLC, pages 42–43:
      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.
    • 1841, William Jacobs, The self-instructing Latin classic, page 187:
      More capacious bowls bring hither, boy, and the Chian wine or the Lesbian: or what might restrain this flowing qualm;

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Noun

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Chian (plural Chians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Chios.
    Synonym: Chiot

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Hakka (quán).

Proper noun

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Chian

  1. a surname from Hakka

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Proper noun

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Chian

  1. Lenited form of Cian.