in the wader order Charadriiformes, the family consists of one genus, Chionis with two species. They breed on subantarctic islands and the Antarctic...

Chionis of Sparta or Chionis of Laconia (Χίονις; /ˈkaɪoʊnɪs/; fl. 7th century BC) was an ancient Greek athlete who won multiple events at the ancient Olympic...

Argyris Chionis (Greek: Αργύρης Χιόνης; 22 April 1943 - 25 December 2011) was a Greek poet. In 1967, shortly after the military junta came to power, he...

The snowy sheathbill (Chionis albus), also known as the greater sheathbill, pale-faced sheathbill, and paddy, is one of two species of sheathbill. It...

substituted for this feature. Chionis Island was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after the sheathbill (Chionis albus), a common bird...

professional basketball player Aggelos Mendrinos, sports writer Argyris Chionis (1943-2011) poet In the past, it was also served by the Thymarakia suburban...

The black-faced sheathbill (Chionis minor), also known as the lesser sheathbill or paddy bird, is one of only two species of sheathbills, aberrant shorebirds...

South America and the Falkland Islands Kelp pigeon (sheathbill) (Chionis alba and Chionis minor), Antarctic Overfishing nearshore ecosystems leads to the...

use of the halter." Most notable in the ancient sport was a man called Chionis, who in the 656 BC Olympics staged a jump of 7.05 m (23 ft 1+1⁄2 in). There...

Laconia 29th Olympiad 664 BC - Chionis of Laconia 30th Olympiad 660 BC - Chionis for a second time 31st Olympiad 656 BC - Chionis for a third time 32nd Olympiad...