Definitions
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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Chios .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece
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Examples
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At Khios a Gestapo house was discovered where people had been forced to spend a night with a skeleton in a cellar.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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On Khios a few Royal Marines destroyed two destroyers, even though the local andartes failed to turn up as agreed, having 'lost interest'.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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Accordingly the Turks refused to recognize the award of the powers, and demanded the re-establishment of Ottoman sovereignty in Mitylini and Khios, under guarantee of an autonomy after the precedent of Krete and Samos.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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Dardanelles; yet the only consequence was the complete devastation, in revenge, of helpless Khios.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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'Greek sovereignty in Mitylini and Khios', the Greeks maintained, 'does not threaten Turkish sovereignty on the Continent.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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Khios and besieged the Turkish garrison, which was relieved after three weeks by the arrival of the Ottoman fleet.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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_ (a) _ The first of those in question are the Sporades, a chain of islands off the Anatolian coast which continues the line of Mitylini, Khios, and
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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_ (c) _ A third group consists of Mitylini and Khios, [1] and concerning this pair Greece and Turkey have so far come to no understanding.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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The continental Greeks were too effectively crushed to aspire beyond the preservation of their own existence; but the islands had been less sorely tried, and Khios, which had enjoyed over two centuries [1] of prosperity under the rule of a Genoese chartered company, and exchanged it for Ottoman sovereignty under peculiarly lenient conditions, could still supply Achmet a century later with officials of the intelligence and education he required, Khiots were the first to fill the new offices of
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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