Chaon

English

Etymology

Related to χάος (kháos).

Proper noun

Chaon

  1. (Greek mythology) A character in Virgil's Aeneid: a Trojan hero, a companion or perhaps brother of Helenus, and the eponym of Chaonia and the Chaonians.
    • 1997, Michael Paschalis, Virgil's Aeneid: Semantic Relations and Proper Names‎[1], Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), page 132:
      Andromache informs Aeneas that Helenus named the region Chaonia after the Trojan Chaon (334-5).
  2. A surname.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  •  IPA(key): /ʃɔ̃/

Proper noun

Chaon ?

  1. Chaon (a village and commune of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
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