See Also: paisan(dictionary)

Athoan (iou) and paisan (iou)


Athoan (iou)



Athoan adjective. M19.
[from Greek Athoos of Athos + -AN.]
Of or pertaining to Athos, a mountainous peninsula of Macedonia, or the monasteries situated upon it. Cf. ATHONITE.

paisan (iou)



paisan noun. US colloq. M20.
[Italian paesano countryman, compatriot, infl. by PAISANO.]
A fellow-countryman, a friend, of Italian or (occas.) Spanish descent. Freq. as a form of address.