Chaon

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proper noun

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

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Greekhuman sciencesA character in Virgil's Aeneid: a Trojan hero, a companion or perhaps brother of Helenus, and the eponym of Chaonia and the Chaonians.

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

    1997, Michael Paschalis, Virgil's Aeneid: Semantic Relations and Proper Names, Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), page 132
  2. A surname.

Origin

Related to χάος (kháos).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nachoCohananchoochna
Cite this entry
APA

Chaon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaon

MLA

“Chaon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chaon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaon.

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