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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Χᾱ́ων (Khā́ōn, “Chaon, its claimed founder”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰaː.o.ní.aː/ → /xa.oˈni.a/ → /xa.oˈni.a/
Proper noun
Χᾱονῐ́ᾱ • (Khāoníā) f (genitive Χᾱονῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Chaonia
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006