CHOANA
CHOANA (
Χόανα,,
Ptol. 6.2.14), a place in Media. Forbiger suggests that perhaps it is the same as
Χαύων, a place mentioned by Diodorus (
2.13) as one of those where Semiramis was in the habit of dwelling.
It is probably represented by the modern
Kan, or
Kum. [
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