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Image:ChitonAndHimation.gif|thumb|A woman wearing a chiton (left), and two women with a [[himation over a chiton (right).]]

Etymology 1
From AGr. �ι�ον (khit�n), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the w:Akkadian language|Akkadian word kitû / kita�um (flax, linen), ultimately from the w:Sumerian language|Sumerian word gada / gida.

Pronunciation
IPA: /k�ɪt�n/

Noun
en-noun|chitons

1. A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in ancient Greece.

#*1992: Donna Tartt, The Secret History
#*:On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis�s house.

See also
toga
peplum, peplos
palla
himation
chlamys
exomis

References
w:chiton|Wikipedia article on the chiton
American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton</ref>

Etymology 2
From modern L. Chiton, a genus name, from the AGr. �ι�ον.

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora

Category:Mollusks
Category:Clothing

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