Chione

English

Alternative forms

  • Khione

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”).

Proper noun

Chione

  1. (Greek mythology) She is the daughter of Boreas, (the North Wind), and Oreithyia, (an Athenian princess whom he had abducted). Her siblings are Zetes, Calaides and Cleopatra, (the wife of Phineus).
  2. (Greek mythology) A nymph.

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