Word.ws English Dictionary

chelandion

chelandion noun: a Byzantine bireme used primarily for cargo transport.

Noun

chelandion (plural chelandions)

  1. (historical) a Byzantine bireme used primarily for cargo transport

Forms of chelandion

pluralchelandions

Origin of chelandion

From Ancient Greek χελάνδιον (khelándion).

Questions about chelandion

What does chelandion mean?
Chelandion means a Byzantine bireme used primarily for cargo transport.
What part of speech is chelandion?
Chelandion is a noun.
What is the plural of chelandion?
The plural of chelandion is chelandions.

Words near chelandion in the dictionary

  1. chelahs
  2. chelam
  3. chelams
  4. Chelan
  5. Chelan County
  6. chelandion
  7. chelandions
  8. chelas
  9. chelaship
  10. chelatable
  11. chelatase

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chelandion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “chelandion.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chelandion. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.