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    Chios (/ˈkaɪ.ɒs, ˈkaɪ.oʊs, ˈkiː-/; Greek: Χίος, romanized: Chíos [ˈçi.os] , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island,...
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    Mastika (redirect from Chios Mastiha)
    impacted local Chios farmers, who lost approximately 60 percent of their crops, but also derailed the global supply of the product. Chios Mastiha Liqueur...
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    from Chios had been prominent in trade and diplomacy throughout the Black Sea, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean. The Ottoman Empire allowed Chios almost...
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    (Pistacia lentiscus). It is also known as tears of Chios, being traditionally produced on the island Chios, and, like other natural resins, is produced in...
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  • Nautical Club of Chios (Greek: Ναυτικός Όμιλος Χίου) is an aquatic club based in Chios. It was founded in 1930. Chios plays almost constantly in A1 Ethniki...
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    of the horror of the wartime destruction visited on the Island of Chios in the Chios massacre. A frieze-like display of suffering characters, military...
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  • Battle of Chios may refer to: Battle of Chios (201 BC), a sea battle between Macedonia and an alliance headed by Rhodes and Pergamum Battle of Chios (1319)...
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    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...
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    Chios (Greek: Χίος) is the main town and a former municipality on the island of Chios, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it...
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  • In Greek mythology, Chios (/ˈkaɪ.ɒs/; Ancient Greek: Χίος) may refer to two possible eponyms of the island of Chios: Chios, one of the Oceanids as a daughter...
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    Blue Star Chios (Greek: Μπλού Στάρ Χίος), formerly Nissos Chios (Greek: Νήσος Χίος), is a high-speed ro-pax ferry of Blue Star Ferries, built, along with...
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  • Scymnus (redirect from Scymnus of Chios)
    Scymnus of Chios (‹See Tfd›Greek: Σκύμνος ὁ Xῖος; fl. c. 185 BC) was a Greek geographer. It was thought he was the author of the Periodos to Nicomedes...
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    leading mathematician. On Chios, Hippocrates may have been a pupil of the mathematician and astronomer Oenopides of Chios. In his mathematical work there...
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  • Tydeus of Chios (in Greek: Τῡδεύς ὁ Χῖος) was an ancient Greek politician. He was one of the leaders of the democratic party of Chios and one of those...
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  • Euthydemus of Chios (Latin: Euthydemus, Greek: Εὐθύδημος) also Euthydemos was a Greek sophist born in Chios, who emigrated with his brother Dionysodorus...
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  • Berenice of Chios (‹See Tfd›Greek: Βερενίκη Bereníke; died about 72/71 BC) was an obscure Greek noblewoman from the Greek island of Chios who became the...
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    Castle of Chios is a medieval citadel in Chios town on the Greek island of Chios. The castle is situated adjacent to the main port of Chios, and its east...
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  • The Chios Strait, (Turkish: Sakız Boğazı) or the Chios Channel as referred to by some sources, is a relatively narrow strait in the eastern Aegean Sea...
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    Chios Island National Airport (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Χίου) (IATA: JKH, ICAO: LGHI) is an airport on the island of Chios in Greece. It is also known...
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    but not all countries have a CHIO. Two notable long-standing CHIOs are CHIO Aachen [de] in Germany (since 1924) and CHIO Rotterdam in Netherlands, which...
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    Echidna and Typhon. The sphinx was the emblem of the ancient city-state of Chios, and appeared on seals and the obverse side of coins from the 6th century...
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    is another ancient site nearby in southwestern Chios. Grotta-Pelos culture Archaeological Museum of Chios Girella, L. – Pavúk, P. 2016: The Nature of Minoan...
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  • Nessos of Chios (Ancient Greek: Νεσσᾶς or Νέσσος ὁ Χῖος) was a pre-Socratic ancient Greek philosopher from the island of Chios. Little is known about the...
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  • Bishop of Chios can refer to one of the following two Christian prelates of the Greek island of Chios: the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Chios, continuing...
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    Monastery of Nea Moni of Chios. (in Greek) The Nea Moni of Chios, from the Greek Ministry of Culture (in Greek) The Nea Moni of Chios, from the Church of Greece...
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  • Likymnios of Chios (Greek: Λικύμνιος, Latin: Licymnius) was an ancient Greek dithyrambic poet from Chios, probably born in the fourth century BCE although...
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    The CHIO Aachen (Concours Hippique International Officiel) is a popular international horse show held in Aachen, Germany, each summer. It is the biggest...
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    Isidore of Chios was an Egyptian Christian soldier martyred on the island of Chios in 251 during the persecutions ordered by the Roman emperor Decius...
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  • encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Article: "Ion of Chios" Smith William. “Ion of Chios” ‘’Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology...
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    grown in the south of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea, where it is also known by the name "Chios tears". Originally liquid, it is hardened...
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