"Chaon" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Fictional characters
    Sense id: en-Chaon-en-name-yUp-3rhl Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Chaon-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Chaonia, Chaonian

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