chian

/ˈkiən/

Etymology

From Chios + -an.

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.“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.”

noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of Chios.