Chios

See also: chíos

English

Alternative forms

• Khios, Chio, Scio, Xio

Etymology

From Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ɑs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ɒs/

Proper noun

Chios

1. One of the Aegean islands of Greece.
2. The capital of the island of Chios, Greece.
3. A domestic sheep breed commonly accepted to be originated on the Greek island of Chios.

Synonyms

• (town): Chora

Derived terms

• Chian
• Chiot

Translations

island

• Armenian: Քիոս (Kʻios)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希俄斯島 / 希俄斯岛 (Xī'ésī Dǎo)

• Esperanto: Ĥio
• Finnish: Khios
• French: Chio (fr)
• Georgian: ქიოსი (kiosi)
• Greek: Χίος (el) f (Chíos)

  Ancient: Χίος (Khíos)

• Italian: Chio f
• Latin: Chios
• Ottoman Turkish: ساقز (sakız)
• Polish: Chios (pl) f
• Russian: Хиос (ru) (Xios)
• Spanish: Quíos
• Turkish: Sakız (tr)

city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希俄斯 (Xī'ésī)

• Esperanto: Ĥio
• Finnish: Khios
• French: Chio (fr)
• Greek: Χίος (el) f (Chíos)
• Polish: Chios (pl) n

Anagrams

• Chois, Schio, Sochi

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chius

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χῐ́ος (Khĭ́os).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰi.ɔs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkiː.os]

Proper noun

Chios f sg (genitive Chiī); second declension

1. Chios (an island in the eastern Aegean Sea in Greece)

Usage notes

• Nouns of feminine gender are rare in this declension; Chios inherits its feminine gender from the Ancient Greek Χίος.

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Chios
genitive	Chiī
dative	Chiō
accusative	Chion
ablative	Chiō
vocative	Chie
locative	Chiī

Synonyms

• Aethalia

Related terms

• Chīus (adjective)

Descendants

• English: Chios

References

• “Chī̆os”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Chĭŏs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 300/3.
• “Chios”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Chios (⁓us)” on page 310/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)