Chios in a sentence

Responding to questions in parliament on the pushback on Chios, the migration minister and Chios MP for New Democracy, Notis Mitarakis, said the reports “do not exist as facts”.

Columbus was friendly with a number of Chian Genoese families, referenced Chios in his writings and used the Greek language for some of his notes. citation 'Columbus' remains a common surname on Chios.

Original Chios' tombstone of Thomas, brought in the crypt of Ortona's Basilica Tombstone of Thomas, brought to Ortona from Chios along with the relics of the Apostle, is currently preserved in the crypt of St Thomas Basilica, behind the altar.

Chian Federation President Kyriaki Kalogera at the podium during the event honoring Mayor of Chios Dr. Ioannis Malafis.

Many travellers are also rushing to the island of Chios, which is famed for its unique and spectacular Easter tradition of launching rockets.

Kouloglou added that supply storages on the island of Chios were torched while attacks also took place against Medicines Sans Frontiers personnel on the Lesvos island, resulting in the suspension of their field hospital.

The Blue Star Chios ferry, which has capacity to house 1,000 people, has docked at the Lesbos port of Sigri.

Dimitrios Avgerinos was born on October 1, 1945 in Kourounia, Chios, Greece, the son of George Avgerinos, who worked for H&S Bakery, and his wife, Eftehia Avgerinos, a homemaker.

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce organizes a TradeUSA workshop in the town of Chios.

After a time he abandoned Phocaea, breaking the support agreement, and went clandestinely to Chios to found a school there, reciting Homer’s verses as his own.

Attempting to find passage to Chios Homer was turned down by some fishermen but was taken by some woodcutters to the beach at Erythraea opposite.

Between Chios Town and the Mastichochoria lie a large number of historic villages including Armolia (Αρμόλια), Myrmighi (Μυρμήγκι), and Kalimassia (Καλλιμασιά).

Chios had been settled by pre-Hellenic tribesmen from Thessaly, but the language remains unknown.

Chios, the greatest and most powerful of the original members of the Delian League save Athens, was the last to revolt, and in the aftermath of the Syracusan Expedition enjoyed success for several years, inspiring all of Ionia to revolt.

Chios was able to make a substantial contribution to the imperial treasury while at the same time maintaining only a light level of taxation.

Geography Chios island is crescent or kidney shaped, convert long from north to south, convert at its widest, and covers an area of convert.

However, in March 1822, several hundred armed Greeks from the neighbouring island of Samos landed in Chios.

In 1346, a chartered company or Maona (the " Maona di Chio e di Focea ") was set up in Genoa to reconquer and exploit Chios and the neighbouring town of Phocaea in Asia Minor.

In fact Chios was considered the island where St. Thomas, after the martyrdom in India, had been buried.

In March 1948, the island was used as an internment camp for female political detainees (communists or relatives of guerillas) and their children, who were housed in military barracks near the town of Chios.