Meaning & use
Chian
Relating to the Greek island of Chios, especially its wine, mastic resin, or ancient pottery.
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Ancient writers praised Chian wine as one of the finest produced in the Aegean.
Chian mastic, a resin harvested from trees on the island, is still exported worldwide today.
A note on using this word
Chian is a fairly rare, specialized adjective, mostly found in historical, culinary, or archaeological writing about Chios.
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