1) Ancient Greek city 2) Arthropod genus 3) Genus chalcis 4) Greek city-state 5) Greek prefectural capital 6) Location in the Iliad 7) Type genus of the chalcididae 
Chalcis or Chalkida (s; Modern Greek: Χαλκίδα xalˈciða, Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Χαλκίς, Halkis) is the chief town of the island of Euboea in Greece, is situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from antiquity and is derived from the Greek χαλκός (copper, bronze), though there is no trace ...
capital, nomós (department) of Euboea, on the island of Euboea (Évvoia), Greece, at the narrowest point (measured only in yards) of the Euripus ... [3 related articles]
[n] - type genus of the Chalcididae
genus Chalcis noun type genus of the Chalcididae