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Meaning of Chaon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A character in Virgil's Aeneid: a Trojan hero, a companion or perhaps brother of Helenus, and the eponym of Chaonia and the Chaonians.
    Greek
  2. A surname.

Equivalents

Français Chaon

Examples

“Andromache informs Aeneas that Helenus named the region Chaonia after the Trojan Chaon (334-5).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Chaonan chaoni Chaoosh chaophilia chaoplex chaoplexity

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