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Chian
/ ˈkaɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to Chios
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Chios
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These Chian cigarettes in their diaphanous paper of mildest mauve would suit your oddly remote, your curiously shy glance.
Aristeas, a Chian, who on several occasions proved his usefulness to the army on such service, volunteered.
He smiled at some agreeable recollection and passed the tip of his tongue along his rosy upper lip between the sips of Chian wine.
The Chians, however, turned a deaf ear to this, and Pedaritus flatly refused to give up to him the Chian vessels.
The slave-markets of Egypt and Tunis were glutted with Chian captives.
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