How to use Chian in a sentence
These Chian cigarettes in their diaphanous paper of mildest mauve would suit your oddly remote, your curiously shy glance.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieAristeas, a Chian, who on several occasions proved his usefulness to the army on such service, volunteered.
Anabasis | XenophonHe smiled at some agreeable recollection and passed the tip of his tongue along his rosy upper lip between the sips of Chian wine.
The Death of the Gods | Dmitri MrejkowskiThe Chians, however, turned a deaf ear to this, and Pedaritus flatly refused to give up to him the Chian vessels.
The History of the Peloponnesian War | ThucydidesThe slave-markets of Egypt and Tunis were glutted with Chian captives.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 | C. A. Fyffe
British Dictionary definitions for Chian
/ (ˈkaɪən) /
of or relating to Chios
a native or inhabitant of Chios
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