Chios island

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• Chios Island National Airport — Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Χίου IATA: JKH – ICAO: LGHI …   Wikipedia

• Chios — Χίος Satellite image of Chios Location …   Wikipedia

• Chios (town) — Chios Χίος Chios Town, as seen from the south (Spilathia), with the islands of Oinousses in the background …   Wikipedia

• Chios — or Modern Greek Khíos geographical name 1. island E Greece in the Aegean off W coast of Turkey area 325 square miles (842 square kilometers), population 52,691 2. city & port Greece on E coast of Chios Island • Chian adjective or noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Chios — • One of the Sporades in the Ægean Sea Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Chios     Chios     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• CHIOS — (Turkish, Sakis Adassi), Greek Aegean island off Asiatic Turkey. Jewish settlement dates back to the Hellenistic period. According to Josephus, Jews lived in Chios in ancient times (Ant., 14:112–3). During the reign of the Byzantine emperor… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Chios —    Island in the eastern Aegean Sea (q.v.), where the famous monastery of Nea Mone (q.v.) is located. Chios is several kilometers from the coast of Asia Minor (q.v.), and its history has often reflected the changing political fortunes of Asia… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• CHIOS —    Island location of a Greek sanctuary with bucchero kantharoi imports.    See also TRADE …   Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans

• Chios Massacre — For the Delacroix painting, see The Massacre at Chios. The Massacre at Chios (1824) by Eugène Delacroix. The Chios Massacre refers to the slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of… …   Wikipedia

• Chios — /kuy os, ohs, kee /; Gk. /khee aws/, n. 1. a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 53,942; 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km). 2. a seaport on and the capital of this island. 52,487. Greek, Khios. * * * or Khíos Island, Aegean Sea. It… …   Universalium

• Chios (sheep) — The Chios is a breed of domestic sheep with specific unknown origins. It is classified as a semi fat tailed breed. The Chios are bred mainly for their milk production.[1] Although there is speculation that this breed has been crossed with… …   Wikipedia