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English
Etymology
From Genovese Italian Scio.
Proper noun
Scio
- (dated) Synonym of Chios
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:
- CHIO, Chios, Xio, or Scio, an Aſiatic iſland, lying near the coaſt of Ionia, in Natolia or Leſſer Aſia, about one hundred miles weſt of Smyrna. It is called by the Turks Sakiſaduci, and is about one hundred miles in circumference; being chiefly inhabited by Chriſtians of the Greek church, who are ſaid to have three hundred churches in the iſland...
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Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈʃi.o/
- Rhymes: -io
- Hyphenation: Scì‧o
Proper noun
Scio ?
- (dated) Synonym of Chio (“an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea”)
Anagrams
- -isco, Cois, Cosi, Soči, cosi, cosi', così, isco-, osci, scoi, soci