Scio

See also: scio and sciò

English

Etymology

From Genovese Italian Scio

Proper noun

Scio

1. (dated) Synonym of Chios
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:

     CHIO, Chios, Xio, or Scio, an Aſiatic iſland, lying near the coaſt of Ionia, in Natolia or Leſſer Aſia, about one hundred miles weſt of Smyrna. It is called by the Turks Sakiſaduci, and is about one hundred miles in circumference; being chiefly inhabited by Chriſtians of the Greek church, who are ſaid to have three hundred churches in the iſland...

Derived terms

• Scio turpentine

 

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃi.o/
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: Scì‧o

Proper noun

Scio ?

1. (dated) Synonym of Chio (“an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea”)

Anagrams

• -isco, Cois, Cosi, Soči, cosi, cosi', così, isco-, osci, scoi, soci